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British Columbia Heritage MarkersJapanese Canadian Internment Sites of the Second World War - Hope, BC

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About 2 kilometres southeast of the Highway 3 - Coquihalla interchange, east of Hope, BC, is a large informational kiosk which relates the story of the internment of Japanese-Canadians during World War II.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ScroogieII

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 6/17/2020

last visited: 9/18/2020

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersHudson's Bay Brigade Trail Sign

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Hudson's Bay Brigade Trail Sign, located just off of the Coquihalla Highway near Hope, B.C.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Phoneguy Canuck

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 5/28/2009

last visited: 5/27/2009

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersEngineer's Mule Road to Similkameen — Hope, BC

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In the 1850s gold fever struck along the Fraser River and in the Boundary country near Rock Creek. The problem was how to keep the gold on British soil not go through American held lands. The answer: build a mule road across the mountains.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 2/25/2016

last visited: 9/6/2018

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersTashme - Sunshine Valley, BC

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To the side of Sumallo River Road, leading to the Tashme Museum and site of the Tashme Detention Camp is this BC Stop of Interest marker.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ScroogieII

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 6/13/2020

last visited: 9/17/2020

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersTashme Japanese Canadian Internment Camp 1942 - 1946 - Sunshine Valley, BC

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Upon entering the Sunshine Valley community from Highway 3, one spies a BC Stop of Interest marker. Further along, one will encounter a more comprehensive marker at the Tashme Museum.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ScroogieII

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 6/13/2020

last visited: 8/7/2019

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Mighty Fraser - Hope, British Columbia

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Marker located on the shore of Fraser River, close to the boardwalk.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member machard

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 8/14/2019

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersChrist Church - Hope, BC

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The longest continually-operating church on BC's mainland, Christ Church has been the City of Hope's Anglican Church since its construction in 1861.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 7/7/2019

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersEngineers Road, Manning Park, BC

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Along Highway 3 in Manning Provincial Park.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member gypsie2

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 7/27/2011

last visited: 8/21/2022

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Dewdney Trail — Cascade Recreation Area, BC

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The Dewdney Trail was developed through the 1860s to provide an all-British Columbia route from the Interior of the colony to water access on the Pacific Ocean.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 6/4/2013

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersHistoric Yale — Yale, BC

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Yale is a small village at the southernmost part of the Fraser Canyon, yet it offers a large amount of heritage spanning about 10,000 years.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 6/7/2015

last visited: 8/8/2019

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Yale Convention — Yale, BC

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What was the future direction for the Colony of British Columbia? To remain a colony of the British Crown? To become its own nation? To join the United States? To join Canada? This was a topic of much debate in the late 1860s.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 6/7/2015

last visited: 8/8/2019

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersGold Rush 1858 — Harrison Hot Springs, BC

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It was the finding of gold along the Fraser and Thompson Rivers that brought people from around the world. Many communities in British Columbia started with this influx, and Harrison Hot Springs was no different.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 10/1/2010

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersHell's Gate Fishways - Fraser Canyon, BC

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This plaque, mounted on a stone cairn, tells the story of the international effort undertaken to remediate a man made disaster in the Fraser Canyon's Hell's Gate.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 8/17/2019

last visited: 8/8/2019

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersFraser Canyon — Hell's Gate, BC

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The Fraser Canyon is an amazing geological formation. Caught between two major mountain ranges -- the Coast and the Cascades -- this deep gash in the surface of the earth was formed from fault lines and river erosion.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 5/1/2013

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersVermilion Forks - Princeton, BC

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This marker was placed at a small pullout along Highway 3, along with the "Welcome to Princeton" sign one and a half km. east of the Princeton Visitor centre.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 8/22/2014

last visited: 8/21/2022

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersSumas Lake Reclamation — Abbotsford, BC

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Sumas Lake occupied 40 km² (15 mi²) and swelled to 120 km² (47 mi²) during flooding. The lake was drained in order to create more farmland in the fertile region of the Fraser Valley. The Chilliwack River was redirected in 1924 draining the lake.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 5/28/2010

last visited: 1/9/2016

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersClayburn School - Abbotsford, BC

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This 1908 school has been transformed into a community hall for the Clayburn village. It has served the community for over a century.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 2/24/2022

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersDistrict of Mission Museum — Mission, BC

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Designated in 1981 the Mission Museum was built in 1907 as a branch of the Bank of Commerce. In 1947 it was shifted up the hill from First Avenue to Second Avenue.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 5/25/2010

last visited: 8/20/2015

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersMatsqui Regional Trail — Abbotsford, BC

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A brief discussion of the First Nations trails and the dyking system that protects the Matsqui Prairie.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 5/30/2010

last visited: 11/28/2022

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersGur Sikh Temple - Abbotsford, British Columbia

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This historical marker is located on the corner of the Gur Sikh Temple. The Gur Sikh Temple of Abbotsford in British Columbia is the oldest existing Sikh temple in North America and a National Historic Site Canada.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member LadyKarine

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 11/16/2022

last visited: 12/13/2022

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThethewey House — Abbotsford, BC

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Built in 1920 for one of the owners of the Abbotsford Lumber Company, the Thetheway House has become the focal point of the MSA Museum Society's heritage holdings.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 11/29/2010

last visited: 12/28/2022

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersCivic Centre — Abbotsford, BC

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The Civic Centre was developed by the Municipality of Matsqui before amalgamating with the Municipality of Abbotsford. Today it remains the centre of civic government for the City. This sign explains how the Civic Centre came to be.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 8/8/2010

last visited: 11/29/2022

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersFood and Cooking of the Northwest Coast Indians — Abbotsford, BC

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The Northwest First Nations used heated rocks to cook and steam their food. This sign provides an overview of how they did these cooking techniques.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 8/8/2010

last visited: 6/27/2014

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersHedley - Famous for Gold

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One of the new signs the Province produced in 2008 on 150th anniversary of the creation of BC.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bcrockcrawler, xstitcher, & BMXer

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 7/2/2010

last visited: 7/7/2017

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersGold in Nickel Plate - Hedley, BC

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One of the BC roadside markers now mounted on the side of the Hedley Museum.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bcrockcrawler, xstitcher, & BMXer

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 7/2/2010

last visited: 7/7/2017

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