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  • 2026-10-08
    On this height of land, stretching from east to west, the waters of the continent divide. Streams from north to…
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    Here the great barrier of the Rocky Mountains is breached by the lowest highway pass. Once the remote route of…
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    Simon Fraser's men cut the first spruce logs near the junction of the Nechako and Fraser Rivers in 1807 to…
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    Named after 'Tete Jaune', blond fur trader at Jasper House, this low pass was favoured by Sandford Fleming in his…
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    From 1930-35, these mines were the British Empire's largest producers of copper. Originally prospected by Dr. A.A. Forbes in 1888,…
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    The official residence of Colonel R.C. Moody, R.E., was built near this site in 1859. In 1864 it was altered…
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    Lured from Canada to the Fraser goldfields in 1859, John Robson started a radical newspaper in 1861 at New Westminster…
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    When hydro-electric power was first delivered from No. 1 plan to Rossland's mines in 1898, the 32 mile transmission lines…
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    Silver was the key that opened the Slocan. Discovery in 1891 of the rich outcrops of the "Slocan Star" and…
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    Father Pandosy, an Oblate priest from France, ministered to First Nations and settlers in widely separated parts of British Columbia…