Heritage Places

Fisgard Lighthouse, NHS

Esquimalt Harbour, BC

Takhini River, Yukon Territory

Dawson, Yukon Territory

From the Dome

Yukon Territory

It's about 11:00 PM, Searching for fishing spots along the Dempster Highway

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.

Jasper House on the Athabasca River in Jasper NP

Named after Jasper Hawes the first postmaster circa 1818. There were upwards of 500 horses at this site during the height of the fur-trade.

A stunning view of the Athabasca Pass from the Icefields Parkway

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

Hatley Castle, now part of Royal Roads University and a National Historic Site of Canada