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4 rafting area, and trips can be INSIDER TIP
arranged from the town of
Fraser River Boston Bar. At Hell’s Gate the Great Outdoors
The majestic Fraser River river thunders through the The area surrounding
Canyon’s narrow walls, which
travels 854 miles (1,375 km)
Kamloops is a nature-
EXPERIENCE British Columbia Interior Yellowhead Lake, near Jasper, " ⌂ 31187 Douglas St, Yale business with First Nations
through some of BC’s most
are only 34 m (112 ft) apart.
lover’s paradise: the BC
stunning scenery. The river
Wildlife Park is home
Yale Museum
to bears, cougars, and
flows from its source in the
wolves, while Sun Peaks
ski resort offers outdoor
# May–Sep: daily ∑ historic
to the Strait of Georgia, near
activities all year round.
Vancouver. Along the way,
yale.ca
it heads north through the
Rocky Mountain trench before
turning south near the town
5
of Prince George. It continues
peoples. The Secwepemc
Kamloops
Museum and Heritage Park
by the Coast Mountains, then
west to the town of Hope
of the Secwepemc First
through the steep walls of
Canada Hwy; www.tourism
Nations and has a wide variety
the Fraser Canyon, and on
kamloops.com
of artifacts, including a birch­
toward Yale.
bark canoe, hunting equip­
It was Fraser Canyon that ~ £ @ n 1290 West Trans- focuses on the cultural history
Kamloops means “where the
legendary explorer Simon rivers meet” in the language ment, traditional clothing,
Fraser found the most daunt­ of the Secwepemc First and cooking utensils. Outside,
ing when he followed the river’s Nations. The largest town by in the Heritage Park, short
course in 1808. However, when area in BC’s southern interior, trails lead visitors through the
gold was discovered near the it lies at the confluence of the remains of a 2,000­year­old
town of Yale 50 years later, north and south Thompson Shuswap winter village site,
thousands of prospectors rivers. Three major highways which includes four authen­
swarmed up the valley. Today, also meet here, as do the tically reconstruc ted winter
Yale is a small town, home to Canadian Pacific and Canadian pit houses. The museum store
the delightful Yale Museum, National railroad. European sells woven baskets, moccasins,
where exhibits focus on the settlement began in 1812, and a wide variety of beaded
history of the gold rush, as when fur traders started doing and silver jewelry.
well as telling the epic story of
the building of the Canadian
Pacific Railroad through the
canyon. This section of river
is also a popular white water
The serene waters and
mountainous backdrop of
the Fraser River
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