Shuswap’s first tourist
S.S. Spallumcheen, photo courtesy of Enderby & District Museum Society In the early 1880s, Kamloops was still a small cattle town with only one school […]
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The rich legacy of Dr. Mary Thomas
Dr. Mary Thomas It is rare for a Shuswap resident to achieve provincial or national recognition for the contributions they have made to society.
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Maps improve after Moberly’s survey of the Shuswap
James Wyld’s 1844 map published by Charles Wilkes, courtesy of Derek Hayes and the David Rumsey Collection The 1841 map of the Oregon Territory published
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Clues and mysteries in old maps
The 2012 book British Columbia, A New Historical Atlas by Derek Hayes provides an insightful look at the history of the province using old maps.
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Mining the Shuswap, part two
1862 map showing trail location to the Columbia No discussion of mining in the Shuswap would be complete without a review of the early Cherry
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