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British Columbia Heritage MarkersOld Royal Bank - Kamloops, BC

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Designed by local architects Johnston & Company, The old Royal Bank building was constructed in 1911-1912. The brick and stone bank has since lost many of its architectural features, but retains much of its solid, stately appearance.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/22/2014

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersJohn Scales, Photographer - Kamloops, BC

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On one of the original brick buildings in downtown Kamloops, the Fuoco Block in particular, is affixed a plaque which remembers a photographer, a long time fixture in the city.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/13/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersFuoco Block - Kamloops, BC

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In the old section of Downtown Kamloops stand several of the original brick buildings which date from about 1904 to 1915, the Fuoco Block having been added to Victoria Street in 1914.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/13/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersRoyal Bank - Kamloops, BC

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In the old section of Downtown Kamloops stand the original banks to come to Kamloops shortly after 1910, one of which is this, the Royal Bank.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/13/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage Markers249 Victoria Street - Kamloops, BC

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One of the earlier of the original brick buildings along Kamloops' Victoria Street, this building has housed a shoe store for close to a century.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/13/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersFreemont Block - Kamloops, BC

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Another of the several original two storey brick buildings which remain along Victoria Street, the Freemont Block made its appearance in 1911.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/13/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersEllis Block - Kamloops, BC

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This 1914 brick and stone was the most elegant business block in the city when built. Time has not done much to tarnish its reputation for elegance. It was built by local contractors Johnston & Gill using bricks of their own making.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/28/2014

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersPlaza Hotel - Kamloops, BC

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The Plaza Hotel was built in 1927 by the business community of Kamloops in order to attract both tourists and new businesses to the city. It has remained one of the premier hotels in the city from that time.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/28/2014

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersRiverside Park - Kamloops, BC

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Riverside Park in Kamloops was begun in 1905, on the former site of a lumber mill and a pig farm. Since its inception it has been the major park in the city, with the greatest number of amenities. It is far and away the most used park in the city.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/28/2014

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersTom Bones House - Kamloops, BC

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This Arts and Crafts bungalow, at 328 Royal Avenue, is valued as a heritage property not only for its architectural significance, but as well for its association with its builder, Thomas Bones, an immigrant carpenter from England.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/22/2014

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersWilson Street House - Kamloops, BC

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This 1909/10 wood frame house was once the home William Stewart Wilson, a well known citizen in the early years of Kamloops. Recently restored by the city, the house is presently home to the Kamloops North Shore Business Improvement Association.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/28/2014

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersMemorial Arena - Kamloops, BC

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Completed in 1949, the Memorial Arena, like those of a great many towns and cities in Canada, was built as a memorial to those soldiers who never returned from war. It is used as much today as it was on the day it opened.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ScroogieII

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 09/14/2020

last visited: 09/14/2020

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersB.C. Sheep Breeders Building - Kamloops, BC

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In the 1920s sheep herding was very popular in the Kamloops area and this building, built in 1929 by the B.C. Sheep Breeders Association, was the centre of activity for shows, fairs and sales until the 1960s.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/22/2014

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersSteamboat Saga — Kamloops Lake, BC

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Today as people drive quickly along British Columbia's highway few know that in the last half of the 19th century riverboats were a very common way to travel many of the rivers and lakes of the Interior.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 06/07/2015

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Schuberts — Kamloops, BC

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Augustus and Catherine Schubert and their three children joined The Overlanders party travelling from Fort Garry, today's Winnipeg, to Kamloops in 1862 seeking gold in British Columbia.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dunbar Loop

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 06/07/2015

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Post Office - Princeton, British Columbia

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Princeton has a very good historical signage program, with several easily recognizable signs mounted throughout the town, elucidating its history to the town's visitors. This sign is for the post office, which was built in 1954 - 1955.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 04/25/2023

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersCourt House - Princeton, British Columbia

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In front of the Princeton Town Hall on Vermilion Avenue the town has placed this sign, relating the history of the courthouses of the town.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 04/29/2023

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Drillers Rock - Princeton, British Columbia

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This history lesson teaches us what hardrock miners did 101 years ago to while away their spare time. It is part of the outdoor displays of the Princeton Museum at 167 Vermilion Avenue.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 04/29/2023

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: 08/22/2014

last visited: 08/21/2022

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersAshcroft Chinese History - Ashcroft, British Columbia

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Ashcroft Chinese History is at the entrance to the Chinese Cemetery on Barnes Road.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 04/29/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Legacy of Ashcroft's Chinese Railroad Workers - Ashcroft, British Columbia

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The Legacy of Ashcroft's Chinese Railroad Workers is in the Ashcroft Cemetery near the entrance.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 04/29/2021

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: 06/07/2015

last visited: 08/08/2019

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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: 06/07/2015

last visited: 08/08/2019

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersFirst Non-Aboriginal Settlements - Ashcroft, British Columbia

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The First Non-Aboriginal Settlements BCHM is located in Heritage Place Park on Railway Avenue near 6th Street. T

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 04/10/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Blacksmiths - Ashcroft, British Columbia

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The Blacksmiths BCHM is located very near the log miners cabin in Heritage Place Park on Railway Avenue.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 03/28/2021

last visited: never

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