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Comprehensive Site Index/Map
Bridge River-Lillooet Country Web Archive

Main index (links off main index)

A (Very) Short History of Lillooet
A Short History of the Bridge River Country
A Short History of the Lower Lillooet
(Port Douglas-Pemberton-Birken-D'Arcy)


The Golden Mile - Lillooet's Main Street and "Mile O" - history and legends

Lillooet Sites & Stories

The Golden Cache and the Cayoosh Creek Gold Rush 1884-1899

Seton Lake, Seton Portage & Shalalth

Bridge River Goldfields

Pacific Great Eastern Railway (BCR)

Bridge River Power Project

The Bridge River Canyon (Moha to Terzaghi)

Bridge River Country - Main Index

Marble Canyon and Pavilion Lake

Canyonlands Index - Gorges of the Golden Cayoosh - Canada's Canyon Country


Fountain, Fountain Valley and Fountain Canyon of the Fraser


Lytton and the Thompson River Canyon

Pavilion and area

Life Down the Line
- D'arcy, Birken, Pemberton-Mt. Currie, Lillooet River, Port Douglas, Alta Lake/Whistler, Garibaldi, Squamish

Famous Hunting Guides, Explorers and Mountain Men (under construction/research)

Moran Canyon & Upper Fraser Canyon

Horseflesh & Horse Stories of the Bridge River-Lillooet and Chilcotin

Resort & Recreation Info

Links & Stuff

Bibliography

Roads & Trails of the Golden Cayoosh
- maps, advice & draft guidebook materials

Comprehensive Site Index (this page)




Subindexes w. links (and further subindexes) for each

Lillooet Sites & Stories  (Intro to Local History & index page)

             The Golden Mile - Lillooet's Main Street and "Mile O" - history and legends
            
             Lillooet's Hanging Tree
           
             The Golden Cache and the Cayoosh Creek Gold Rush 1884-1899
            
       
             Sxetl (Sat') - The Bridge River Fishing Grounds and area

             Lillooet's Chinatown - Lillooet's Chinatown & History of the Chinese in Lillooet
             Fountain Ridge - Photo studies & geology/myths of Fountain Ridge
            
McNeils and Mission Ridge
             Placer and Hydraulic Mining
             Cayoosh Creek and area (subindex)
             Nkoomptch, Seton Bluffs and area
             Skimka, Seton Beach and Craig Lodge (Lillooet end of Seton Lake)
             Oddities & Curiosities of Lillooet and the Bridge River Country (subindex)
             PGE/BCR Rail Bridges at Lillooet

             Maps of the Lillooet area

             Personalities & Famous Characters
                       (under construction; not yet uploaded)


                     Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray - Rogue Queen of BC Newspapering
                     Chief Hunter Jack (Tash Poli) - "Hyas Tyee of the Bridge River Country"
                     A.W.A. "Artie" Phair - Storekeeper, Photographer and Govt Agent
                     Capt. Frank Gott - Hunting Guide and War Hero
                     Grand Chief Jimmy Scotchman - Grand Chief and War Hero
                     Dr. Miyazaki - Wartime Internee who stayed on as town doctor/benefactor
                     Ron Purvis - Jade promoter and more
                     Will Haylmore - "King of Norway" - Mining Recorder of the Bridge River
                     Vernon Pick - reclusive zillionaire genius of Walden North on Cayoosh Creek
                     The Manson Family - famed Hunting Guides
                     Famous and Founding Families
                            - the Durbans, Dunlops, Hurleys, Brysons, Yadas and others
                     Frontier Dignitaries
                            - Judge Begbie, Magistrate/Premier A.C. Elliott, Capt. Martley of the Grange

                    Frank Swannell - Legendary Surveyor/Explorer/Backwoodsman
                    W.G. "Big Bill" Davidson, Arthur & Delina Noel, etc - Bridge River mining pioneers








Canyonlands Index - Gorges of the Lillooet Country

      

       Marble Canyon and Pavilion Lake


       The Bridge River Canyon (Moha to Terzaghi)
       Moha, Yalakom, Applespring and Camoo
       Maps of the Bridge River Canyon and area
       Nkoomptch - The Seton Gorge
       Cayoosh Creek and area
       Cayoosh Canyon (Hwy 99/Duffy Lake Road near Lillooet)

       The Big Slide on Hwy 12 ( Lillooet-Lytton Highway)
       Fountain Ridge - Photo studies & geology/myths of Fountain Ridge
      
       Moran Canyon & Upper Fraser Canyon -(subindex)



      
Old Fraser Canyon (Lytton-Yale) - Fraser & Thompson Canyons - History

       Churn Creek Canyon & adjoining areas of Fraser Canyon and Camelsfoot Range

       Gang Ranch & Dog Creek incl. adjacent parts of Fraser Canyon
      
Glen Fraser - Fraser Canyon between Fountain and Pavilion




Bridge River Country

      
Sxetl - The Bridge River Fishing Grounds & area
       Xwisten & the Lower Bridge River Valley
       Moha, Camoo and Yalakom
       The Bridge River Canyon (Moha to Terzaghi)
       Map of the Bridge River Canyon
       Bridge River Goldfields & The Upper Bridge River
                Bralorne-Pioneer
                Brexton
                Gold Bridge
                Minto City
   
               
Gun Lakes

      
The Mission Mountain Road - History and Visual Journey
       
      
Famous Hunting Guides, Explorers and Mountain Men (under construction/research)


       Seton Lake, Seton Portage & Shalalth

                Seton Portage (subindex)
                Shalalth & Ohin - Shalalth & Ohin (Seton Lake)
               
Little Ships of the Lake Country - Steamboats & other craft on the Lakes Route
                The Totem Pole at Shalalth- tribute to a vanished scenic wonder
                Bridge River Hydroelectric Townsite  (South Shalalth today)



       Bridge River Power Project (overview & subindex)
                The Flooding of the Bridge River Valley - pictures before and during flooding
                Bridge River Powerhouse No. 1
                Bridge River Powerhouse No. 2
                Penstocks, Tunnels, and Tailraces
                Bridge River Hydroelectric Townsite  (South Shalalth today)
                Lajoie Dam & Townsite
                Terzaghi Dam & Townsite (construction, modern & aerial photos)

       Mountains of the Bridge River-Lillooet Country - Mountain views & maps
       Spruce Lake-Eldorado-Gun Creek Wilderness (Southern Chilcotin Mtns Prov Park)






Pavilion and area

            
Marble Canyon - Marble Canyon and Pavilion Lake

            
Hat Creek Ranch and Valley

             Maps of Pavilion, Marble Canyon, and Moran area

             Kelly Lake, Arden Forest, Clinton, and Chasm area





Pacific Great Eastern Railway (BCR)

               Tribute to the Budd Cars & Passenger service (in memoriam)
               
The Gas Car auto-ferry from Shalalth to Lillooet
              
Historic Lodges, Hotels & Resorts along the PGE/BCR
              
Specialty Cars of the PGE/BCR
                Life Down the Line.html (subindex)
              
Engines of the PGE/BCR
              
Crashes and Wrecks on the PGE/BCRHistoric Trestles of the PGE/BCR
              
PGE/BCR Rail Bridges at Lillooet
              
Construction Crews & Work Gangs of the PGE/BCR
              

Main list (all HTML files in directory; some not in index pages above)

Listed by filename

alta.html - Alta Lake, Whistler, Rainbow Lodge
bigbar.html - the Big Bar-Jesmond area of the Fraser Canyon above Lillooet
bigslide.html - the Big Slide on Hwy 12 (Lillooet-Lytton Highway)
br_flood.html - pictures of the Bridge River Valley before and during flooding
br_index.html - index of pages about the Bridge River Country
br_power1.html - Page 1 of Bridge River Power Project pages
br_power2.html - Page 2 of Bridge River Power Project pages
br_penstocks.html - photos and engineering of the Mission Mtn Penstocks (
br_townsite.html - Bridge River Hydro Townsite (South Shalalth) - Page 3 of Bridge River Power Project pages
bralorne.html - Bralorne-Pioneer Mines & Bralorne townsites, Bradian, Ogden etc (subindex)
brexton.html - Brexton & Hurley Canyon
bridgecanyon.html - Bridge River Canyon (subpage)
bridgecanyonmap.html - Map of the Bridge River Canyon
BridgeRiverCanyon-Seton.htm - Map of the Bridge River Canyon incl. Seton and Moha
bridges.html - Bridges & Ferries of the Lillooet area
canyon.html - Bridge River Canyon (main page)
canyons_index.html - Canyonlands Index (index page for all canyon-related pages)
cayoosh.html - Cayoosh Creek and area (subindex)
cayooshcanyon.html - Cayoosh Canyon (Hwy 99/Duffy Lake Road near Lillooet)
chinatown.html - Lillooet's Chinatown & History of the Chinese in Lillooet
churncreek.html - Churn Creek Canyon & adjoining area of Fraser Canyon above Lillooet
compindex.html - Comprehensive Site Index (this page)
darcy.html - D'arcy, Birken and area
xaxtsa.html - Port Douglas and the Lower Lillooet River area; history of the Douglas Road
eldorados.html - Spruce Lake-Eldorado wilderness (Southern Chilcotin Mtns Prov Park)
fountain.html - Fountain, Fountain Valley and Fountain Canyon of the Fraser
fountainridge.html - Pictures & geology/myths of Fountain Ridge
gangranch.html - Gang Ranch & area, incl. adjacent parts of Fraser Canyon
glenfraser.html - Glen Fraser area of Fraser Canyon, between Fountain and Pavilion
goldbridge.html - Gold Bridge, Southfork, Haylmore and Carpenter Lake area
goldcache.html - Golden Cache Mine on Cayoosh Creek; history of the 1880s Cayoosh Creek goldrush
goldencayoosh.htm - Roads of the Golden Cayoosh (road touring info; draft book)
goldfields.html - Index page for Bridge River Goldfields town
goldmile.html - Lillooet's Main Street - history and legends
grandcanyon.html - Grand Canyon of the Fraser from Lillooet to Dog Creek (subindex)
guide.html - Famous Hunting Guides and Mountain Men of the Bridge River-Lillooet
gunlakes.html - Big and Little Gun Lake and area
hangtree.html - Lillooet's Hanging Tree
hatcreek.html - Hat Creek Ranch and Valley; info on coalmine/powerplant proposal
heehaw.html - Lillooet-Lytton Road/Highway
highbar.html - High Bar Canyon and adjoining area of Fraser Canyon above Lillooet
horses.html - Horseflesh & stories of the Lillooet and Chilcotin Countries
index.html - Main index page
kellylake.html - Kelly Lake, Clinton and area
lajoie.html - Lajoie Dam and Downton Lake
lillooet.html - History of Lillooet (index page)
lillooetmap.html - Maps of the Lillooet area
lytton.html - Lytton/Camchin and area, incl. Fraser-Thompson Canyons and Spences Bridge
marble.html - Marble Canyon and Pavilion Lake
minto.html- Minto City and area (central Carpenter Lake)
missionmtnrd.html - History and Visual essy on the Mission Mountain Road
moha.html - Moha, Camoo and Yalakom area & Mid-Bridge River
moran.html - Moran Canyon of the Fraser
mountains.html - Mountains of the Bridge River-Lillooet Country (subindex)
nkiat.html - Nkiat & Slosh (Seton Portage historic native villages)
nkoomptch.html- Nkoopmtch Canyon & Seton Bluffs (Seton/Cayoosh Creek Gorge)
oddities.html - oddities & curiosities of the Bridge River-Lillooet Country (subindex)
pavilion.html - Pavilion and adjoining area of the Fraser Canyon above Lillooet
pavilionmap.html - maps of Pavilion, Marble Canyon & Moran area
pge.html - Pacific Great Eastern Railway (BCR) history & scenery (index page)
pge_buddcar.html - the PGE's Budd Car service (in memoriam)
pge_crashes.html - Crashes, Wrecks and other Disasters on the PGE/BCR
pge_downtheline.html - Life "down the line" from Lillooet on the PGE/BCR (subindex)
pge_engines.html - Engines of the PGE/BCR
pge_gascar.html - the historic "Gas Car" auto-ferry service of the PGE/BCR - Shalalth to Lillooet
pge_lodges.html - Historic Lodges, Hotels and Resorts along the PGE/BCR
pge_railbridges.html - PGE/BCR Rail Bridges at Lillooet
pge_roadcrew.html - Construction Crews & Workgangs of the PGE/BCR
pge_specialty.html - Specialty Cars of the PGE/BCR
pge_trestles.html - Historic Trestles of the PGE/BCR
placer.html - Placer Mining in the Bridge River-Lillooet
planes.html - Floatplanes & Whirlybirds in the glory days of the Bridge River-Lillooet Country
portage.html - Seton Portage and area (subindex)
power.html - Bridge River Power Project (overview & subindex)
mcneils.html - McNeils, Slide, Mission Ridge and central Seton Lake
seton.html - History & Communities of Seton Lake (index page)
shalalth.html - Shalalth & Ohin (Seton Lake)
ships.html - Little Ships of the Lake Country
skimka.html - "Skimka" is the old name for Seton Beach (Lillooet end of Seton Lake)
squamish.html - Squamish, the port for the Lillooet Country; PGE-ferry travel to Vancouver
sxetl.html - The Bridge River Fishing Grounds and area (page 1)
sxetl2.html - Native Rancheries, Cemeteries & Daily Life
terzaghi.html - Terzaghi Dam (construction photos)
totem.html - "The Totem Pole at Shalalth" - a vanished scenic curiosity
xwisten.html - The Lower Bridge River & Xwisten community


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