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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5UL_forest-industry-in-british-columbia_Port-Alberni-BC.html
Harvesting of the forest has long been an important aspect of life on the Pacific Coast. The native people were the first to utilize this valuable resource in the construction of dwellings, canoes, and implements. In the nineteenth century, spars …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5TR_bicentennial-of-the-spanish-expeditions-to-the-northwest-coasts-of-america_Port-Alberni-BC.html
[Upper Marker]:Pedro de Alberni, Captain of the Catalan Volunteers and Commander of the Spanish Establishment at Santa Cruz de Nootka, 1790-1792.
Offered by the Government of Spain on the occasion of the visit of the Spanish training ship "Juan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5RQ_seymour-narrows_Campbell-River-BC.html
Treacherous currents, swirling eddies, and turbulent tide-rips still harass vessels, despite the blasting away in 1958 of the twin peaks of Ripple Rock. Charted in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver, the Narrows has claimed numerous ships and lives …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5RP_inverness-cannery_Hazelton-BC.html
The developing provincial salmon industry spread northward when the Inverness Cannery opened here in 1876. The first cannery in northern British Columbia, it took advantage of the abundant sockeye runs up the Skeena River to challenge the dominanc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5RO_k-shian-the-skeena_Hazelton-BC.html
The Skeena, "river of mists," makes a major cleft through the Coast Mountains. To Coastal Tsimshian Indians and Interior tribes it was vital to trade and travel. In later years, Port Essington, near the river's mouth, became the main port of this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5RN_hazelton_Hazelton-BC.html
Head of sternwheeler navigation on the Skeena. The town grew at the landing close to the Indian village of Gitenmaks. Crews from the Collins Telegraph arrived in 1866. Following them Omineca gold miners, Hudson's Bay pack strings and "gandy dancer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5RM_moricetown-canyon_Smithers-BC.html
This site, once the largest village of the Bulkley Valley Indians, later was named after the pioneer missionary, Father Morice. Salmon, staple food of the Indian, concentrated in the canyon and were caught with basketry traps, dip-nets, and harpoo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5LT_to-the-goldfields_Lac-la-Hache-BC.html
In the 1860s, the fabulous Cariboo goldfields were a lure to thousands. Miners, traders, and adventurers, many afoot, some with wheelbarrows, shared the pioneer route with mule trains, plodding oxen, freight wagons, and swaying stage-coaches.
H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5LS_leduc-woodbend-oil-field_Fredericksburg-AB.html
The development of this field in 1947 marked a turning point in the history of the Alberta petroleum industry. After the drilling of Leduc No. 1, the geographical focus of the industry shifted from Turner Valley northward to the central plains are…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5LR_ootsa-lake-nechako-reservoir_Fredericksburg-BC.html
In 1952, the Kenney Dam was constructed on the Nechako River to service the new Alcan aluminum smelter at Kitimat, resulting in the creation of the Nechako Reservoir and the relocation of over 75 families. The damming also linked the rivers and la…