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The Whyte Museum, Banff
Banff National Park, Alberta The Whyte Museum of Banff is the envy of many other businesses in town for its location alone. You find when you are walking around inside that you spend an equal amount of time admiring the snow covered trees that surround the well lit building. The Canadian Rockies has a great…
History of Golden, B.C.
Golden, B.C. By John McKiernan Staff Writer How Golden was Founded It was adventure that brought the first explorers over the Canadian Rockies. But it was the treasures of Golden that made them stay. Despite its increasing list of stunning hotels and varied activities, the area still exudes the same feeling of discovery and exploration…
The Yellowhead Highway
As soon as the First World War was over the idea for a Yellowhead Highway came to light. Fred Driscoll, one of the railway surveyors, suggested that the abandoned railway grade would make a firm foundation for a highway. Charles Grant, President of the Edmonton Automobile and Good Roads Association, and Driscoll began to push…
Early Climbers, Tourists and Settlements
Along with the surveyors and pack trains came men that knew how to handle the horses. Many of these, greatly impressed with the beauty of the area, decided ton stay and make a living. One of these was John Yates. He “came into real prominence early in 1907 when he was able to outmaneuver, outdrink…
The Railway Survey Era
In 1865, Dr. John Rae, sponsored by the Hudson’s Bay Company, the Imperial and Canadian governments, and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, made a trip through Yellowhead Pass. He surveyed the pass for the possibility of a railway, wagon road and telegraph line going through to connect the new colonies in British Columbia with the…
Cheadle and Milton’s Northwest Passage
Dr. Cheadle and Lord Milton began their journey in their native England, landed in Quebec in July of 1862, and travelled overland by stagecoaches through American territory to Fort Garry (Winnipeg). Only two days after their passage through Sioux territory the very same stagecoach they had travelled on was attacked and all aboard were killed….
The Overlanders
It wasn’t until the early 1860’s that the Yellowhead Pass again began to be frequently utilised. In the Fall of 1861 H.J. Moberly quit his post as H.B.C. Factor at Jasper and made his way (to Ft. George) through the Yellowhead with the aid of a young Iroquois guide. In 1862, a group of 115…
Fur Trade and Exploration
Competition between the Northwest Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company increased as the H.B.C. pushed further and further into the trading territory previously held by the Northwest Company. In February of 1819 John Clarke, of the H.B.C.’s St. Mary’s post on the Smoky-Peace River confluence, chose Jose Gaubin to lead an expedition with a band…