- 2026-10-08In September 1845 Father Jean de Smet, the first missionary to reach the Kootenay Indians, placed a large 'Cross of…
- 2026-10-08In 1808 David Thompson named this flat 'McGillivary's Portage' as he crossed from Columbia Lake to the Kootenay River. In…
- 2026-10-08Rivers born in Canada's Rockies carved passes eastward to Hudson Bay or westward to the Pacific. This one was long…
- 2026-10-08Discovered by Michael Phillipps in 1873, the 230 square mile coal basin was not actively mined until reached by the…
- 2026-10-08This was the focal point in the mid-1860's for thousands of miners en route to rich placer ground on Wildhorse…
- 2026-10-08It was a big rush to a small creek, but it made history in B.C. When hundreds of miners gathered…
- 2026-10-08The first paper mill in BC was built on the Somass River in 1894. The small water-powered plant was able…
- 2026-10-08The last spike in Canada's second trans-continental railroad was driven near this site on April 7, 1914. The Grand Trunk…
- 2026-10-08Perry Collins, an American, envisioned a land route to link America and Asia by telegraph. All attempts to lay a…
- 2026-10-08This site, once the largest village of the Bulkley Valley Indians, later was named after the pioneer missionary, Father Morice.…