More BC Stops :
(On Stewart-Cassiar Highway, at McDame Creek Bridge)
The prospect of quick riches lured hundreds of placer-miners to the Cassiar, where gold was discovered first at Dease Creek in 1872. Rich claims were later found at Thibert Creek and here McDame Creek. From this creek in 1877 a 72 ounce solid gold nugget was recovered – the largest recorded to date in British Columbia. By 1978 much of the gold had been removed and the fortune seekers...
»More
More BC Stops :
(At Atlin Cemetery, Atlin, BC)
In 1898, Fritz Miller and Kenny McLaren found gold on nearby Pine Creek, triggering British Columbia’s last place gold rush. The boom subsided by 1908, but gold has kept Atlin alive. Now Miller and McLaren lie here among hard bitten prospectors, young miners, northern aviators, brave women, and newborn infants, all part of Atlin’s pioneer heritage.
»More
More BC Stops :
(On Stewart-Cassiar Highway, Near Bob Quinn Lake)
Born of the Klondike-Gold rush of 1898, the 1,900-mile Dominion Telegraph Line linked Dawson City with Vancouver via the CPR wires through Ashcroft. Built in 1899-1901, the line blazed a route across this vast northern section of the Province but gave way to radio communications in the 1930s. Today, some of the trail and cabins used by the isolated telegraphers still serve wilderness travelers.
»More
More BC Stops :
(At Port Edward, on the site of the Inverness Cannery)
The developing Provincial salmon-fishing industry spread northward when the Inverness Cannery opened here in 1876. The first cannery in northern British Columbia, it took advantage of the abundant sockeye runs up the Skeena River to challenge the dominance of the canneries along the lower Fraser. Closed finally in 1950, the plant was destroyed by fire in 1973.
»More
More BC Stops :
(Near wharf at Metlakatla)
On this ancient Tsimshian site, Anglican missionary William Duncan sought to create in 1862 a self-sustaining community. New homes arose, education flourished, native crafts expanded and new trades developed. Here was built in 1874 the largest church north of San Francisco. In 1887 Duncan and many of the band moved to Alaska. Fire destroyed the church and much of the village in 1901.
»More
