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Trail north : the Okanagan Trail of 1858-68 and its origins in British Columbia and Washington / Ken Mather.

Mather, Ken, 1947- (author). Cameron, Lesley, (editor). Cavallin, Cailey, (proofreader).

Summary:

"Trails are the most enduring memorials of human transportation and occupation. Long before stone monuments were created, pathways throughout the world were being worn in hardness by human feet. Travellers along the stretch of Highway 97 from Brewster, Washington, to Kamloops, BC, may not know that they are travelling a route as old as humankind's presence in the region. In fact, this north-south valley, a natural corridor linking the two major river systems that drain the Interior Plateu, has served as a transportation route for tens of thousand of years. Trail North traces the origins of this iconic trail among the Indigenous people of the Interior Plateau and its uses by three diffierent fur trading companies, before turning its focus on the period of 1858 to 1868, when the trail was used by miners, packers, and cattlemen as the major entry point into British Columbia from Washington Territory."--Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781772032307
ISBN: 9781772032314
Physical Description: 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Publisher: Victoria : Heritage House Publishing Company, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographic references (pages 275-287) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Native peoples -- The brigade trail -- The miner's brigades -- The Indian wars -- Joel Palmer -- The drovers -- The colony of British Columbia -- Drovers and packers -- The legacy of the Cariboo Trail