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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.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 04/25/2023

last visited: never

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Signs of HistoryThe Post Office - Princeton, BC

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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.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 01/19/2015

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.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 04/29/2023

last visited: never

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Signs of HistoryCourt House - Princeton, BC

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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.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/31/2014

last visited: never

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Signs of HistoryThe Drillers Rock - Princeton, BC

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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 on Vermilion Avenue.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/31/2014

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.

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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

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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.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 03/28/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersNomadic Times - Ashcroft, British Columbia

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Nomadic Times is located on the front door of the Miners' Cabin located in Heritage Place Park on Railway Avenue.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 03/25/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Ashcroft Cannery - Ashcroft, British Columbia

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The Ashcroft Cannery BCHM is located in Heritage Place Park on Railway Avenue.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 03/28/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Coming of the CPR - Ashcroft, British Columbia

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The Coming of the CPR BCHM is located in Heritage Place Park on Railway Avenue.50

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 03/28/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Barnard’s Express Company - Ashcroft, British Columbia

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The Barnard’s Express Company BCHM is near Railway Avenue in Heritage Place Park.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 03/28/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersThe Declaration of the Indian Chiefs in the Southern Interior of British Columbia - Ashcroft, British Columbia

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The Declaration of the Indian Chiefs in the Southern Interior of British Columbia is located in Heritage Place Park on Railway Avenue.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 03/28/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersNomadic Times - Ashcroft, British Columbia

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Nomadic Times is located in Heritage Place Park on Railway Avenue.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 04/15/2021

last visited: never

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Signs of HistoryHow Ashcroft Got Its Name - Ashcroft, British Columbia

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Heritage Place Park is located along Railroad Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 03/08/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersB.C. Express Building - Ashcroft, British Columbia

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B.C. Express Building is now a private residence and is located at the corner of Railway Avenue and 6th Street.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 03/24/2021

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersSt. Alban’s the Martyr Anglican Church - Ashcroft, BC

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The first church to be built in the Village of Ashcroft, St. Alban’s the Martyr remains as active as ever.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 06/24/2019

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersAshcroft Museum and Archives - Ashcroft, BC

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One of the better small town museums in southern BC, the Ashcroft Museum's home is a historic brick building, built in 1917.

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location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 08/26/2019

last visited: never

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British Columbia Heritage MarkersI.O.O.F. Hall - Ashcroft, BC

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On the northwest corner of 4th Avenue and Brink Street, this was, for many years, the home of the Ashcroft chapter of the I.O.O.F., the Oddfellows,

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 06/24/2019

last visited: never

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