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| Keywords: architecture stonework texture blackandwhite surreal pattern text black and white Government of Canada historic site cairn at Boat Encampment, BC along the Big Bend Highway (old Hwy. 1; 1940-1962). The site was designated in 1943. The site was flooded by the Mica Dam hydroelectric development of the Columbia River in 1973, and an historical marker now rests on a point in the Sprague Bay Recreation Site. Photograph taken September 6, 1953. [Revelstoke Museum and Archives; Earle Dickey, photographer] Text on plaque: "Erected by the Government of Canada Boat Encampment A port of transhipment in fur-trading days. Here boats from Fort Vancouver (Now Vancouver, Washington), On the lower Columbia, waited for pack trains coming over the mountains from Jasper House. First visited by David Thompson in 1811, this point was for almost half a century a meeting place for the fur brigades of the North West Company and later of the Hudson's Bay Company. By-passed by the railways this historic spot was made accessible to visitors by the completion of the Big Bend Highway in June, 1940. Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada" Government of Canada historic site cairn at Boat Encampment, BC along the Big Bend Highway (old Hwy. 1; 1940-1962). The site was designated in 1943. The site was flooded by the Mica Dam hydroelectric development of the Columbia River in 1973, and an historical marker now rests on a point in the Sprague Bay Recreation Site. Photograph taken September 6, 1953. [Revelstoke Museum and Archives; Earle Dickey, photographer] Text on plaque: "Erected by the Government of Canada Boat Encampment A port of transhipment in fur-trading days. Here boats from Fort Vancouver (Now Vancouver, Washington), On the lower Columbia, waited for pack trains coming over the mountains from Jasper House. First visited by David Thompson in 1811, this point was for almost half a century a meeting place for the fur brigades of the North West Company and later of the Hudson's Bay Company. By-passed by the railways this historic spot was made accessible to visitors by the completion of the Big Bend Highway in June, 1940. Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada" | ||||
