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Historical Markers in Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia

 
Canoe River Tragedy Marker image, Touch for more information
By B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), July 5, 2018
Canoe River Tragedy Marker
1 British Columbia, Fraser-Fort George, Canoe River — Canoe River Tragedy
On Southern Yellowhead Highway (Provincial Highway 5) 2.4 kilometers south of Bear Road, on the left when traveling south.
On Nov. 21, 1950, a westbound train carrying Canadian troops en route to the Korean War collided with an eastbound train near Canoe River, killing 21 people. A telegraph operator was charged with manslaughter for the miscommunication and was . . . Map (db m187887) HM
2 British Columbia, Fraser-Fort George, Jasper — Yellowhead Pass
Near Yellowhead Highway (Provincial Highway 16) at British Columbia-Alberta boundary line, on the right when traveling west.
Named after “Tete Jaune”, blond fur trader at Jasper House, this low pass was favoured by Sandford Fleming in his railway surveys of the 1870's. Rejected by the C.P.R., the route was later used by the Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canadian Northern . . . Map (db m187943) HM
3 British Columbia, Fraser-Fort George, Lucerne — The Yellowhead Pass / Le col Tęte-Jaune
On Yellowhead Highway (Provincial Highway 16) 24.8 kilometers west of Icefields Parkway (Provincial Highway 93), on the right when traveling west.
[English] This pass was used for brief periods from the mid-1820s to the early 1850s by the Hudson's Bay Company, principally to transport leather, especially moosehides, from the Saskatchewan District to its posts in New Caledonia. . . . Map (db m202600) HM
4 British Columbia, Fraser-Fort George, Mount Robson — Yellowhead Blue River
Near Viewpoint Road, 0.2 kilometers east of Kinney Lake Road, on the left when traveling east.
In 1942, over 21,000 Japanese Canadians were unjustifiably removed from British Columbia's coast. Despite their protests many men aged 19 to 60+ were torn from their families and sent to road camps like Red Pass. Internees gave 290,238 man-days of . . . Map (db m187875) HM
5 British Columbia, Fraser-Fort George, Prince George — Spruce Capital
On Caine Drive, 0.5 kilometers from Connaught Drive.
Simon Fraser's men cut the first spruce logs near the junction of the Nechako and Fraser Rivers in 1807 to construct Fort George. Starting near the original fort a century later, Prince George became in the 1940's the centre of the white spruce . . . Map (db m187962) HM
 
 
 
 
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May. 4, 2024