More BC Stops :
(Located at the Mount Tolmie Lookout)
Before you lies Victoria, first settlement on Vancouver Island. The Hudson’s Bay Co., seeking a new western depot, built Fort Victoria in 1843. In the 1860s it prospered as a stepping stone to mainland gold strikes.
Protected by naval ships at Esquimalt, the fort grew from a distant outpost of empire to Canada’s westernmost capital.
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Fur, Gold and Cattle : Resources & Links
Kamloops Museum & Archives
207 Seymour Street
Kamloops BC V2C 2E7
(250) 828-3576
www.city.kamloops.bc.ca/museum/history.shtml
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Britannia Mine : Contemporary, Resources & Links
The BC Museum of Mining, a National Historic Site, is a great educational experience with activities and guided underground tours. A fun website too!
» www.bcmuseumofmining.org
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Vancouver : Contemporary, Resources & Links
Learn more about Captain George Vancouver when you visit the Vancouver Maritime Museum online...or in person.
» www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com/
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Britannia Mine : Contemporary
The Stop of Interest sign at Britannia Mines is a new plaque erected in 2008 by the Ministry of Transportation to commemorate BC150. The original sign which it replaces, erected after the 1958 Centennial, was taken by Barry Walker, c1980.
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