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Hwy 97 north is the Alaska Highway; Hwy 97 south is the John Hart Highway: 0.00: 0.00: Highway 2 (8th Street) – Grande Prairie, Edmonton: Roundabout; Hwy 49 western terminus 5.11: 3.18: Rolla Road (Highway 943:1196) – Rolla, Clayhurst, Pouce Coupe: Hwy 943:1196 is unsigned 15.39: 9.56: Highway 49 east (Northern Woods and Water Route ...
A reliable road from the coast was needed. At the time, the Dewdney Trail reached as far the Similkameen Valley. In January 1861, Dewdney and Moberly won the £300/mile contract to extend their pack trail to Rock Creek. By the time they entered their destination that August, the boom was over, the prospectors gone, and most of the 23 permanent ...
The road was a reaction to the high concentration of gold in the Cariboo region and the dangerous "mule trail", which was a rough-hewn cliff-side trail - wide enough only for one mule - that ran along the approximate route of the Cariboo Road. In order to lower supply-costs to the settlers in the Cariboo region, Douglas ordered the construction ...
During the goldrush, a pack-trail through the tall timber was known as the Whatcom Road or Whatcom Trail. [3] In 1891, the Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad reached the border and connected with CP. The crossing quickly became a popular smuggling route, especially for Chinese wishing to illegally enter the US, and contraband, such as ...
The Omineca Gold Rush was a gold rush in ... than the ones who left and made only 49.1 ounces per man. ... From Trail to Rail Surveys and Gold 1862–1904 Audrey ...
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100 Mile House was originally known as Bridge Creek House, named after the creek running through the area.Its origins as a settlement go back to the time when Thomas Miller owned a collection of ramshackle buildings serving the traffic of the gold rush as a resting point for travellers moving between Kamloops and Fort Alexandria, which was 158 kilometres (98 mi) north of 100 Mile House farther ...
Chilkoot Pass during gold rush, March–April 1898. The Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899) transformed the Chilkoot Trail into a mainstream transportation route to Canada's interior. The gold rush was primarily focused in the region around Dawson City in Yukon and the Yukon River. Of the several overland routes, the Chilkoot Trail was the most ...