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The Kicking Horse River

January 1989 - The Canadian Heritage River System THE KICKING HORSE RIVER Named for an incident in which James Hector of the Palliser Expedition (1857 - 60) was kicked by his horse, the Kicking...

January 1989 - The Canadian Heritage River System THE KICKING HORSE RIVER Named for an incident in which James Hector of the Palliser Expedition (1857 - 60) was kicked by his horse, the...

  • kicking horse river
  • exploration
  • canada
  • explorers
  • palliser expedition
  • 1800s
  • rivers
  • canadian her...

Canada's WW1 Internment Operations, 1914-1920

Beginning in 1914, Canada interred 8,597 persons deemed to be ""enemy aliens"". They included immigrants from specified countries, merchant marines and military reservists.During the war, the...

Beginning in 1914, Canada interred 8,597 persons deemed to be ""enemy aliens"". They included immigrants from specified countries, merchant marines and military reservists.During the war, the...

    Park Bridge - Kicking Horse Canyon

    This graceful structure, measuring 405 metres in length and soaring 90 metres high, was a joint BC- Canada project completed in August 2007. The Park Bridge serves as a tribute to those who built...

    This graceful structure, measuring 405 metres in length and soaring 90 metres high, was a joint BC- Canada project completed in August 2007. The Park Bridge serves as a tribute to those who built...

    • british columbia
    • canada

    Golden Sikhs

    The first Sikhs arrived in Golden in 1902 to work in the mill of the Columbia River Lumber Company. Their Gurdwara (temple), one of the earliest in BC, became a focus of cultural identity and...

    The first Sikhs arrived in Golden in 1902 to work in the mill of the Columbia River Lumber Company. Their Gurdwara (temple), one of the earliest in BC, became a focus of cultural identity...

    • british columbia
    • canada

    Golden

    Golden was once the loading point for Upper Columbia sternwheelers. Completion of the C.P.R. in 1886 heralded the steamboat era when colourful little craft like the 'Duchess' freighted to the...

    Golden was once the loading point for Upper Columbia sternwheelers. Completion of the C.P.R. in 1886 heralded the steamboat era when colourful little craft like the 'Duchess' freighted to...

    • british columbia
    • canada

    Railway Surveyor (Sign missing)

    In 1871, Walter Moberly, in charge of surveys for the mountain division of the projected Canadian trans-continental railway, built log cabins east of here for survey party "S". The preliminary...

    In 1871, Walter Moberly, in charge of surveys for the mountain division of the projected Canadian trans-continental railway, built log cabins east of here for survey party "S". The...

    • british columbia
    • canada