It has been an epic struggle against the wilderness for the gold-seekers from Eastern Canada. They had crossed the Rockies, trekked through pathless forests and won the swift rapids of the North Thompson River. The open country now offered hope and safe passage. Ragged and starved, they reached Kamloops where many became pioneer farmers.
From BC's Stops of Interest
This plaque was reimagined by Joanne Hammond's project #rewriteBC (Republic of Archaeology) as: