Fort Fraser is a community of about 1000 people, located near the geographical centre of British Columbia, Canada, 44 km west of Vanderhoof on The Yellowhead Highway. Originally established in 1806 as a North West Companyfur trading post by the explorer Simon Fraser, it is one of present-day British Columbia's oldest permanent European-founded settlements. The area around the community is also recorded as the site of the first cultivated land in British Columbia. Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 36 6 Area - Total - % water Ranked 5th 944,735 km² 2. ... British Columbia provincial highway 16 is the B.C. section of the Yellowhead Highway. ... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, etc. ... // Indian trade The fur trade (also called the Indian trade) was a huge part of the early history of contact in North America between European-Americans and American Indians (now often called Native Americans in the United States and First Nations in Canada). ... Simon Fraser (1776 – 18 August 1862) was a fur trader and an explorer who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 36 6 Area - Total - % water Ranked 5th 944,735 km² 2. ...
The present community is located 4 km east of the original site of the fort, and is situated at the site of the last spike of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, driven on April 7, 1914. The fort itself was closed in 1915. Today, Fort Fraser is an active community sustained by forestry and tourism. Grand Trunk Pacific Railway logo or herald The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) was a historical Canadian railway. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
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Fort Fraser website, maintained by British Columbia School District #91 [1]
Fraser was responsible for building that area's first trading posts, and in 1808 Fraser explored the river which now bears his name, the Fraser River.
Fraser had found out from the aboriginal people that the Fraser River, the route by which Mackenzie had ascended the West Road River, could be reached by means of descending the Stuart River which drained Stuart Lake, and then descending the Nechako River to its confluence with the Fraser.
Though not involved in the attack, Fraser was one of the partners arrested by Lord Selkirk at Fort William.
He was the youngest of 10 children of Simon Fraser of Culbokie and Guisachan (a cadet branch of the noble Highland Frasers of Lovat) and Isabel Grant of Daldreggan.
Fraser's father joined the Loyalist forces, was captured at the Battle of Bennington and died a prisoner in Albany Jail.
Fraser is best known for his daring exploration of the FRASER RIVER (then believed to be the Columbia).
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