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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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Fraser's River road sign with view of river.

Sign reads: " "...We could scarcely make our way even with our guns. We had to pass where no human being should venture ; yet in those places there is a regular... path ... indented upon the very rocks." So wrote Simon Fraser and fur-trader, in 1808, the first white man to descend the river which bears his name.".

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Fur, Gold, and Cattle roadside sign.

Text on sign : "Fur, Gold, and Cattle. : Founded in 1812, Fort Kamloops stood at a natural crossroads. For 50 years it remained the focus of an inland fur empire until the roaring mining boom of the 1860's. Ranchers, with cattle and horses, replaced the miners. They settled, and stayed, to see two railways bring prosperity anew to this land of sagebursh, sun and great rivers. : Department of Recreation & Conservation."

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Fur, Gold, and Cattle roadside sign and view of Kamloops.

Text on sign : "Fur, Gold, and Cattle. : Founded in 1812, Fort Kamloops stood at a natural crossroads. For 50 years it remained the focus of an inland fur empire until the roaring mining boom of the 1860's. Ranchers, with cattle and horses, replaced the miners. They settled, and stayed, to see two railways bring prosperity anew to this land of sagebursh, sun and great rivers. : Department of Recreation & Conservation."

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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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