Heritage Places

Takhini River, Yukon Territory

Dawson, Yukon Territory

Jasper House, Trading Post NHS of Canada

Located on the Athabasca River, this post was a transitional point in the fur trade to the west coast commonly referred to as "Oregon Country". Here the furs from the west came through the mountains on pack-horses and were transferred to canoes to continue the journey eastwards. Trade goods from the east were loaded on horses and taken west through the Yellowhead or Athabasca Passes.

Whirlpool River runs through the pass down to the Athabasca River.

Flying up the Athabasca Pass

David Thompson & his party who surveyed the pass came through in mid-winter in 1811. They had to cross & recross the river about a dozen times to reach the head of the pass.

Athabasca Pass, at the Continental Divide

The water from the far pond will find its way to the Pacific Ocean and the water in the near pond into the Atlantic via Hudson Bay.

The "Committees' Punch Bowl" at the height of the Pass referred to the committee of governors of the HBC located in London.

This was the Board of Directors of the HBC.

At the height of the Athabasca Pass a National Historic Site of Canada

Height of the Athabasca Pass, in Jasper NP

Remains of Earthworks

Middleton's camp before the attack on Batoche. The straw is placed over the earthworks to slow erosion.

Batoche Landscape

The South Saskatchewan River flows through the shallow valley centre left.

Carleton Trail near Batoche

The trail approaches the ford on the South Saskatchewan River. This was the main east-west trail across the Canadian prairies before the building of the railway.

East Village, Batoche

Cairn Island NHS, St. Lawrence River