This photo journal, part of my BC Gold Rush Trail series, features the communities we visited on our adventure north from Yale to Spences Bridge, with stops at Alexandra Bridge, Hell's Gate, Boston Bar, Siska, & Lytton along the route. The adventure will continue in the next photo journal.
The BC Gold Rushes: British Columbia had two big gold rushes, one in 1858 on the Fraser River and the other in 1862 in the Cariboo district. In each, tens of thousands of men (and a few women) sailed north from San Francisco to land in
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Our Gold Rush Trail route.
Our stops are in red. Although the trail starts officially at Yale, mile zero...
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Yale to Spence's Bridge map
Yale is 169 kms south of Cache Creek along the Fraser River Canyon....
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YALE, located in the heart of the Fraser
canyon, was once the largest city north of San Francisco and west of Chicago....
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Chinese railway workers
Also located on the museum grounds, Apparently, there's a National...
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Yale also earned other epithets
such as "the wickedest little settlement in British Columbia"...
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The 1870's Creighton House is now home
to the museum. In addition to the usual historical items, this museum has a...
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The Pioneer Cemetery,
established in 1858.
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Unique & interesting headstones
that date from 1863.
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This 2nd ALEXANDRA BRIDGE
located about 40 kms north of Hope, was built in 1926 as part of the...
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This bridge replaced the original
Alexandra Suspension Bridge, (then known as the Cariboo Wagon Road...
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View to the north
More info here: http://www.michaelkluckner.com/bciw6alexandralodge.html
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The current Alexandra Bridge,
visible from the old bridge, was built between 1960 and 1964 and is the 3rd...
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Alexandra Lodge, located just above
the bridge at Chapman’s Bar, was one of the more important road houses...
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"Hells Gate tunnel"
Hell’s Gate is the narrowest point (115 ft) of the Fraser River....
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Boston Bar railroad station
During the gold rush, Boston Bar was heavily populated by Americans who were...
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"Siska" First Nation museum
Siska, aka Cisco, located about 9 kms south of Lytton, is home to the Siska...
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The criss-crossing bridges near Siska
Because of the the narrow and steep terrain, the two railways could...
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LYTTON - visitor center
The local Chamber of Commerce has sponsored the Visitor Centre since...
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Railway Avenue
in swapped RGB channels. Via the TransCanada Highway, Lytton is 111...
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Totem Motel
Despite being north of 50° in latitude, Lytton is often the...
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St Ann's RC church
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Dried corn at the door
I'm not sure of the significance?
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The town hall, I think.
The village, which was incorporated in 1945, has a current village...
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Replica of the Lytton "Jelly Roll"
an exact cast replica of the actual 'jelly roll'that was...
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We had a popular jelly roll at the
Lytton Hotel Restaurant ;o)
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