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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSRJ_white-pass-and-yukon-route-railway_Whitehorse-YT.html
English:Built at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush, the 177 km narrow gauge railway was the heart of the Yukon transportation system for over 80 years. Completed in 1900, it linked the tidewater port of Skagway in Alaska with Whitehorse, head of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSQS_alaska-highway_Whitehorse-YT.html
(left marker)At this site on 1 April 1946the United States Armyofficially handed overthe Alaska Highway andassociated facilities tothe Canadian Army
This plaque is dedicatedto the those who built and caredfor the Alaska Highwayby the members of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSP2_cottonwood-house_Quesnel-BC.html
For over half a century the Boyd family operated this haven for man and beast. Here weary travellers found lodging, food, and drink. Here fresh horses were hitched to stage-coaches and miners bought supplies.This historic road-house, built in 1864…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSOZ_richfield-courthouse_Anderson-BC.html
Built in 1882, this is British Columbia's oldest surviving courthouse, replacing one which stood here from 1862-1882. By 1918, declining population in Richfield led to the building's closure. Designated a Provincial historic object in 1945, it was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSOA_fort-st-james_Joint-Base-Lewis-McChord-BC.html
English:Simon Fraser and John Stuart established Fort St. James among the Carrier Indians in 1806. Originally a North West Company post, it passed to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821. From the beginning an important centre of trade and cooperation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSO3_copper-nugget_Whitehorse-YT.html
This immense slab of native copper weighs 2590 pounds or 1175 kilograms. In 1905, prospectors found the copper on the upper White River, 250 miles northwest of Whitehorse. This is the Yukon's largest copper nugget, possibly a Canadian record.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSNP_cariboo-gold-fields_Flora-BC.html
English:A search for the source of placer gold found on lower parts of the Fraser River led to discoveries of lode mines in the Cariboo, of which Williams Creek, is said to have yielded $19,000,000. As a centre of population in the 1860's, the gol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSNN_cornish-wheel-pump_Burlington-BC.html
This overshot water wheel is 16 feet in diameter. It is modeled after wheels and pumps used in the tin mines of Cornwall. The early miners found that the pay gravel often lay 40 to 100 feet under the surface. The wheels were used to pump the water…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSND_ss-klondike_Whitehorse-YT.html
English:The largest vessel ever to ply the Canadian portion of the Yukon River, this sternwheeler was built by the British Yukon Navigation Co. and launched at Whitehorse in 1937 to replace her namesake, which sank the year before. Klondike No. 2 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSN9_robert-services-cabin-la-cabane-de-robert-service_Dawson-YT.html
English:Within 5 years of Robert Service's departure in 1912, the local press referred to his rented cabin as a "shrine". It became Yukon's foremost tourist attraction virtually from the day it was abandoned. Maintained, altered and embellished by…