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FRASER RIVER VALLEY [2 records]

Record 1 1984-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • National History
CONT

Cariboo Road, the wagon road constructed in 1862-65 in the valley of the Fraser River in B. C., during the Cariboo gold rush.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoires nationales
OBS

En 1858 eut lieu la première vague d'immigration de chercheurs d'or. La découverte de pépites dans les alluvions du Fraser et de ses tributaires venant des monts Cariboo se produisit une dizaine d'années après la célèbre "ruée" de la Californie. (...) Lorsque les ressources aurifères les plus facilement accessibles de la région Fraser-Cariboo furent épuisées, vers 1860, les établissements de l'intérieur déclinèrent.

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
OBS

Cariboo Road, the wagon road constructed in 1862-65 in the valley of the Fraser River in B. C., during the Cariboo gold rush.(...) It ran(...) a distance of about 400 miles. In view of the difficult and precipitous character of the canyon and country traversed, the road was justly regarded as a triumph of engineering. In the present century it has become a modern highway.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
OBS

Lorsque les ressources aurifères les plus facilement accessibles de la région Fraser-Cariboo furent épuisées, vers 1860, les établissements de l'intérieur déclinèrent.

Spanish

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