Ghost of Walhachin (Sign missing)
Here bloomed a 'Garden of Eden'. The sagebrush desert changed to orchards through the imagination and industry of English settlers during 1907-14. Then the men left to fight - and die - for...
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The Birdcages
The Legislative Buildings for the Colony of Vancouver Island were built on these grounds in 1859. Nicknamed 'The Birdcages' because of their quaint style, they were replaced in 1898 by the present...
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Ladysmith
An 'instant' town of the past. In 1898 James Dunsmuir, the coal baron, moved buildings by rail from Wellington to establish this coal shipping port. Nearby copper mines added a smelter in...
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Beacon Hill
Death, life and happiness are in the story of Beacon Hill. On these headlands, where an ancient race once buried their dead, early settlers erected beacons to guide mariners past...
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Skeena River Boats
From 1889, sternwheelers and smaller craft fought their way through the coast Mountains, churning past such awesome places as 'The Devil's Elbow' and 'The Hornet's Nest'. Men and supplies...
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A Versatile Pioneer
Sproat Lake is named for Gilbert Malcolm Sproat, scholar, author, anthropologist, businessman, and avid British Columbian from his arrival in 1860. He co-founded Port Alberni's first sawmill...
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Inverness Cannery
The developing Provincial salmon-fishing industry spread northward when the Inverness Cannery opened here in 1867. The first cannery in northern British Columbia, it took advantage of the abundant...
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Park Bridge - Kicking Horse Canyon
This graceful structure, measuring 405 metres in length and soaring 90 metres high, was a joint BC- Canada project completed in August 2007. The Park Bridge serves as a tribute to those who built...
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The First Premier
Irish-born Victoria lawyer John Foster McCreight was selected by Lieutenant-Governor Trutch to be British Columbia's first premier. Entering the Executive Council in July 1871, he laid...
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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
From BC's Stops of Interest
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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)
From BC's Stops of Interest
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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
From BC's Stops of Interest
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Boundary Falls Smelter
From BC's Stops of Interest
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Copper Street
From BC's Stops of Interest
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Baker Street
From BC's Stops of Interest
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Cascade - Gateway to the Boundary Country
From BC's Stops of Interest
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