- 2026-10-08Down river lay the perilous and unnavigable canyon. Up-river the Fraser was swift and strong, but sternwheelers could travel for…
- 2026-10-08Norman Lee left his ranch in this valley in 1898 with 200 head on a 1500-mile 'beef' drive to the…
- 2026-10-08The 10,778' cone on the Washington skyline is a recent volcano. The name honours Lieut. Baker who first sighted it…
- 2026-10-08In 1924, by a system of stream diversions, dams, dykes, canals and pumps, 33,000 acres of fertile land were reclaimed…
- 2026-10-08It was the dream, in the 1880's of W.A. Baillie-Grohman, British sportsman and financier to reclaim these fertile flats from…
- 2026-10-08The orebody, known to local First Nations as a source of lead for musket balls, was staked in 1882 by…
- 2026-10-08Aísínai'pi "it is pictured, it is written" is one of the most important sacred places for the Niitsítapi (Blackfoot). Here,…
- 2026-10-08Born in England, he came to Western Canada as a missionary of the Church of England in 1882. Between that…
- 2026-10-08The Hudson's Bay and North West Companies each built fortified fur trade posts here in 1799. The anticipated trade with…
- 2026-10-08Born at Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick, moved to Calgary in 1897. A member of the legislature of the North West…