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Thousands of Chinese workers left their homeland to eke out an earning, first through gold mining in the late 1850s and through the 1860s, then hiring on to build the transcontinental railway connecting the East and West coasts of Canada. … More »
This church, build by the Royal Engineers during the construction of the Cariboo Wagon Road, survives as an active place of worship for the community. Its open interior structure denotes the architectural style of the mid-Nineteenth century utilizing available materials. … More »
James Teit was the leading ethnographer of the Interior Salish of Southern British Columbia. A Shetlander of Norse ancestry, he came to Spences Bridge in 1884, and married into the Nlaka’pamux Nation. Encouraged by Franz Boas, a German‑American anthropologist who … More »
During the gold rush boom, Hat Creek Ranch offered rooms, food and stables to miners and settlers heading north. Today you can tour the restored roadhouse, General Store, blacksmith’s shop, wash house, draft-horse stables as well as view a fully … More »
