101 ► British Columbia, Okanagan-Similkameen, Keremeos — An American Railroad —

This old covered bridge and parts of the abandoned right-of-way are mute reminders of the Vancouver, Victoria und Eastern Railway (VVAE), a subsidiary of the American-based Great Northern Railway. Between 1907 and 1914, the VVAE pushed northward, . . . — — Map (db m187920) HM

102 ► British Columbia, Okanagan-Similkameen, Oliver — Fairview Gold —

The 1890's held high hopes for the lode gold of mines such as Stemwinder, Morning Star, and Rattler. By 1902, when the Fairview Hotel or "Big Teepee" burned, the golden years were over. Fairview's population dwindled as miners left for more . . . — — Map (db m188011) HM

103 ► British Columbia, Okanagan-Similkameen, Osoyoos — Southern Crossroads —

A valley north and south, a sandspit east and west — this was the crossroad of the centuries. Down the valley on Indian trails came the laden horses of the Fur Brigade from 1824 to 1848. Later, miners and settlers streamed northward. Across the . . . — — Map (db m187930) HM

104 ► British Columbia, Okanagan-Similkameen, Osoyoos — Spotted Lake —

The Okanagan nation knows Spotted Lake, just east of here, as K t li lxw. From time immemorial its healing waters and mud were used by First Nations to cure aches and illness, and for spiritual healing. High concentrations of Epsom . . . — — Map (db m187927) HM

105 ► British Columbia, Okanagan-Similkameen, Summerland — J.M. Robinson —

When John M. Robinson, a former Manitoba legislator and newspaper editor, came to the South Okanagan in 1898, he found only dry grazing land. Seeing its potential, he introduced irrigation and led in the establishment of peach, pear, apricot, and . . . — — Map (db m187988) HM

106 ► British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Ashcroft — 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 road house survives. Clement Cornwall became one of . . . — — Map (db m187921) HM

107 ► British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Ashcroft — Canadian Northern Pacific's Last Spike —

Canada's third trans-continental rail link was completed near Basque on January 23, 1915. In a simple ceremony the last spike was driven, witnessed by a small group of engineers and workmen. The line later became part of the Federal Government's . . . — — Map (db m187813) HM

108 ► British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Ashcroft — Ghost of Walhachin —

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 king and country. A storm ripped out the vital irrigation . . . — — Map (db m188008) HM

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109 ► British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Ashcroft — McAbee Fossil Beds —

This is the site of an ancient lake, where 53 million-year-old fossil beds hold secrets of life in a warmer time. Preserved plants, insects and fish tell a story of early life in BC. At McAbee, climate and geology have created a treasure trove of . . . — — Map (db m187879) HM

110 ► British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Kamloops — 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 gold-seekers bound for the “Big Bend” rush of 1864-65. They freighted grain from . . . — — Map (db m187961) HM

111 ► British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Kamloops, Campbell Creek — Great Train Robbery —

Bill Miner, notorious American stagecoach and train robber, stole $7,000 in British Columbia's first train holdup, near Mission in 1904. For two years, unsuspected, he lived quietly near Princeton, well-liked by all. In 1906 he stopped the wrong . . . — — Map (db m187878) HM

112 ► British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Kamloops, Kamloops Indian Reserve No. 1 — Kamloops Indian Residential School —

The school was built in 1890, then re-built in 1923 due to a fire and remained open until 1977. In the 1920's, Native children aged 4-15 years were forcibly taken and prohibited from seeing their families, practicing their languages, cultures, and . . . — — Map (db m187877) HM

113 ► British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Kamloops, West End — Fur, Gold and Cattle —

Founded in 1812, Fort Kamloops stood at a natural crossroads. For 50 years it remained the focus of an inland fur empire until the roaring mining boom of the 1860's. Ranchers, with cattle and horses, replaced the miners. They settled, and stayed, . . . — — Map (db m188009) HM

114 ► British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Louis Creek — "Overlanders" of 1862 —

It had 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 . . . — — Map (db m187979) HM

115 ► British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Stump Lake, Knutsford — Empire of Grass —

Back in the 1870's the bunchgrass hereabouts came up to a horse's belly. Some of the transient miners saw wealth in these broad rolling grasslands and swapped gold-pan for saddle. In time several “spreads” in the Nicola Valley grew to rank among the . . . — — Map (db m188013) HM

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