Monday, May 13, 2013

May 14, 1880 BC CPR Begins in Yale BC

Yale BC, Contractor Andrew Onderdonk sets off a dynamite blast in Yale, B.C., to start construction of the British Columbia portion of the Canadian Pacific Railway


Tuesday, April 16, 2013

April 16, 1856 The Gold is Ours!!!!

Governor James Douglas declares all gold found in British Columbia to be the property of the British Crown