- 2026-10-08It was one of the most difficult construction jobs in the British Empire, but the colony needed this road to…
- 2026-10-08A bold venture, this trail crossed the mountains of southern B.C. and kept the wealth of a new land from…
- 2026-10-08During the Gold Rush after 1858, Chinese came to Gum San – "Gold Mountain" – seeking wealth from mining and…
- 2026-10-08A wagon road across B.C. - this was the ambitious scheme of the Royal Engineers in 1860 as miners clamored…
- 2026-10-08Our past, present, and future are linked with the Fraser. The past saw fur-traders, the gold rush of 1858, and…
- 2026-10-08This awesome gorge has always been an obstacle to transportation. Indians used ladders and road builders hung 'shelves' to skirt…
- 2026-10-08About a mile beneath the river in front of you lies the old rock floor of this valley. For over…
- 2026-10-08... we could scarcely make our way even with our guns. We had to pass where no human being should…
- 2026-10-08This was the head of navigation on the Fraser River. Founded in 1848, as a Hudson's Bay Company fur post,…
- 2026-10-08By 1868, the gold rushes that had founded British Columbia were over, the public debt was soaring and many were…