Atlin Cemetery
In 1898, Fritz Miller and Kenny McLaren found gold on nearby Pine Creek, triggering British Columbia's last placer gold rush. The boom subsided by 1908, but gold has kept Atlin alive. Now Miller...
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The Okanagan Mountain Fire of 2003
Directly across Lake Okanagan, on August 16, 2003, lightening struck a tree at Squally Point. The ensuing blaze consumed over 25,000 hectares as it spread to Kelowna, Myra Canyon, and Naramata....
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Dewdney Trail & Moyie
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Tk'ermstiwix'tn (Tske-tem-stu-weekh- tin) The swim across to each other place
This is an important heritage site of the Okanagan (Syilx) people who have used this area as a village and lake crossing for thousands of years. During low water, a natural peninsula extended from...
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George Mercer Dawson (1849-1901)
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Ootsa Lake Nechako Reservoir
In 1952, the Kenney Dam was constructed on the Nechako River to service the new Alcan aluminum smelter at Kitimat, resulting in the creation of the Nechako Reservoir and the relocation of over 75...
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Railway Centennial
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Boundary Falls Smelter
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Copper Street
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Baker Street
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Cascade - Gateway to the Boundary Country
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Eholt - Divisional Point Of The Boundary
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Salmo - Mining And Logging
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Eagle Valley
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Midway - Railways and Hotels
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Kootenay Landing
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Spotted Lake
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Golden
Golden was once the loading point for Upper Columbia sternwheelers. Completion of the C.P.R. in 1886 heralded the steamboat era when colourful little craft like the 'Duchess' freighted to...
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Ashcroft Manor
In 1862 C.F. and H.P. Cornwall settled here and developed Ashcroft Manor. The ranch with its grist and saw mills supplied Cariboo miners. The manor house was destroyed by fire in 1943, but the...
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Steamboat Saga
Smooth rivers and great lakes once were the highways of travel. On them plied stately paddle- wheelers, helping exploration and settlement of the Interior. They speeded goldseekers bound for the...
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