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|  Japanese Canadian Internment Sites of the Second World War - Hope, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: ScroogieII location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 6/17/2020 last visited: 9/18/2020 |
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|  Hudson's Bay Brigade Trail Sign
in British Columbia Heritage Markers Hudson's Bay Brigade Trail Sign, located just off of the Coquihalla Highway near Hope, B.C. posted by: Phoneguy Canuck location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 5/28/2009 last visited: 5/27/2009 |
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|  Engineer's Mule Road to Similkameen — Hope, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 2/25/2016 last visited: 9/6/2018 |
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|  Tashme - Sunshine Valley, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: ScroogieII location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 6/13/2020 last visited: 9/17/2020 |
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|  Tashme Japanese Canadian Internment Camp 1942 - 1946 - Sunshine Valley, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: ScroogieII location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 6/13/2020 last visited: 8/7/2019 |
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|  The Mighty Fraser - Hope, British Columbia
in British Columbia Heritage Markers Marker located on the shore of Fraser River, close to the boardwalk. posted by: machard location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 8/14/2019 last visited: never |
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|  Christ Church - Hope, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 7/7/2019 last visited: never |
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|  Engineers Road, Manning Park, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers Along Highway 3 in Manning Provincial Park. posted by: gypsie2 location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 7/27/2011 last visited: 8/21/2022 |
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|  The Dewdney Trail — Cascade Recreation Area, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 6/4/2013 last visited: never |
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|  Historic Yale — Yale, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 6/7/2015 last visited: 8/8/2019 |
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|  The Yale Convention — Yale, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 6/7/2015 last visited: 8/8/2019 |
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|  Gold Rush 1858 — Harrison Hot Springs, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 10/1/2010 last visited: never |
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|  Hell's Gate Fishways - Fraser Canyon, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 8/17/2019 last visited: 8/8/2019 |
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|  Fraser Canyon — Hell's Gate, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 5/1/2013 last visited: never |
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|  Vermilion Forks - Princeton, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 8/22/2014 last visited: 8/21/2022 |
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|  Sumas Lake Reclamation — Abbotsford, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 5/28/2010 last visited: 1/9/2016 |
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|  Clayburn School - Abbotsford, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 2/24/2022 last visited: never |
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|  District of Mission Museum — Mission, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 5/25/2010 last visited: 8/20/2015 |
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|  Matsqui Regional Trail — Abbotsford, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers A brief discussion of the First Nations trails and the dyking system that protects the Matsqui Prairie. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 5/30/2010 last visited: 11/28/2022 |
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|  Gur Sikh Temple - Abbotsford, British Columbia
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: LadyKarine location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/16/2022 last visited: 12/13/2022 |
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|  Thethewey House — Abbotsford, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/29/2010 last visited: 12/28/2022 |
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|  Civic Centre — Abbotsford, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 8/8/2010 last visited: 11/29/2022 |
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|  Food and Cooking of the Northwest Coast Indians — Abbotsford, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers 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: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 8/8/2010 last visited: 6/27/2014 |
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|  Hedley - Famous for Gold
in British Columbia Heritage Markers One of the new signs the Province produced in 2008 on 150th anniversary of the creation of BC. posted by: bcrockcrawler, xstitcher, & BMXer location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 7/2/2010 last visited: 7/7/2017 |
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|  Gold in Nickel Plate - Hedley, BC
in British Columbia Heritage Markers One of the BC roadside markers now mounted on the side of the Hedley Museum. posted by: bcrockcrawler, xstitcher, & BMXer location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 7/2/2010 last visited: 7/7/2017 |
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