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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17AD_historic-port-elgin_Surrey-BC.html
River RoutesLocated near the intersection of the King George VI Highway and the Nicomekl River, the Port Elgin area has been a crossroads for various forms of traffic for thousands of years. For centuries prior to the arrival of the first European…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15SU_historic-mcmillan-expediton_Surrey-BC.html
A Trading Post on the FraserIn 1824, James McMillan of the Hudson's Bay Company and a party of forty-seven passed this shore on an exploratory trip from Fort George (Astoria) at the mouth of the Columbia River to the Fraser River. They were sent t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15HQ_farming-history_Surrey-BC.html
Preparing the LandWhen John Stewart acquired this land in 1880, only basic land clearing had occurred. The blackberry bushes and hardhack marsh provided hospitable habitat for birds and small animals, but was not suitable for successful farming.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15DY_historic-stewart-farmhouse_Surrey-BC.html
Settlement HistoryFirst Nations settlements and seasonal hunting and fishing camps existed at the mouths of rivers and along the coastal shoreline for thousands of years before Europeans reached the West Coast. These sites were near plentiful reso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15DX_historic-elgin_Surrey-BC.html
Community BuildingThe first permanent structure in Elgin was the Elgin Hotel (1870). It was built as a convenient stop-over point for travellers between New Westminster and Blaine.
In 1875, four years before the incorporation of the District Mu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15C1_the-semiahmoo-trail_Surrey-BC.html
This trail was an ancient Indian travel-way linking tribal villages in the south to salmon grounds of the Fraser River.The first white explorers, lead by Chief Trader James McMillan of the Hudson's Bay Company passed here in December of 1824.Using…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI8S_peace-arch_Surrey-BC.html
Upper marker:This unfortified boundary line between theDominion of Canadaand theUnited States of Americashould quicken the remembrance of the more than century old friendship between these countriesA lesson of peace to all nations.
Lower marker…