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Boat encampment monument plaque.

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."

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Ghost of Walhachin roadside marker.

Message on marker: "Ghost of Walhachin : Here bloomed a "Garden of Eden"! The sagebrush desert changed to orchards through the imagination and industry of English settlers during 1907-14. Then the men left to fight- and die - for king and country. A storm ripped out the vital irrigation flume. Now only ghosts of flume, trees, and homes remain to mock this once thriving settlement. : Department of Recreation & Conservation."

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Lake of the Shuswap road sign with lake in background.

Text on sign reads: "Lake of the Shuswap. : This beautiful lake takes its name from the Shuswap Indians, northernmost of the great Salishan family and the larges tribe in Interior B.C.. Once numbering over 5,000 these people were fisherman and hunters. They roamed in bands through a vast land of lakes and forest stretching 150 miles to the west, north, and east. : Department of Recreation and Conservation."

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Frank Slide historical sign.

Sign reads: "Frank Slide April 29 1903. Disaster struck the town of Frank at 4:10 A.M. April 29thth 1903 when a gigantic wedge of limestone 2.100 feet high 3.000 feet wide and 500 feet thick crashed down from Turtle Mountain. Ninety million tons of rock swept over a mile of valley, destroying part of the town, taking 70 lives, and burying an entire mine plant and railway in approximately 100 seconds. The old town was located at the western edge of the slide where many cellars still are visible.".

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