Friday, August 18, 2017|
August 18, 2013: (YALE HISTORIC SITE) We’re celebrating a decade of building on the New Pathways to Gold with a look back at significant dates in the Society’s history. Today we’re remembering August 18, 2013, when NPTGS Co-chair Terry Raymond was the MC at festivities marking the 150th anniversary of the Cariboo Waggon Road in Historic [...]
Sunday, August 13, 2017|
August 20, 2013: (LILLOOET) University of British Columbia prof Henry Yu and his crew set out on the Cedar-Bamboo Fraser River Rafting Expedition, August 20-22, from Lillooet to Yale. A joint-project of the New Pathways to Gold Society (NPTGS) and the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of B.C., the expedition took a party of Chinese [...]
Wednesday, August 2, 2017|
August 3, 2011: The 1861 Gold Rush Pack Trail Ride was a rollicking recreation of the opening chapter of the Cariboo Gold Rush. In the summer of 2011, 10 members of the R.E. Living History Group (RELHG) assembled at the Weaver Creek Trailhead in Keithley Creek and embarked on their historic quest to tackle [...]
Monday, July 31, 2017|
July 25, 2015: The Spuzzum First Nation (SFN) invited the public to their First Fish Ceremony in their traditional territory. This community celebration of abundance and reverence for the natural environment that sustains us all took place at the Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park picnic area. The event also celebrated the SFN’s efforts to restore [...]
Friday, July 28, 2017|
July 1, 2015: Prayers, singing and drumming on a sunny Canada Day morning marked the opening of a new bridge on an ancient trail that paves a path to both past and future. The ornamental bridge across Sucker Creek near the 108 Mile Heritage site extends a portion of the original Cariboo Wagon Road. [...]
Sunday, July 2, 2017|
May-August, 2008: The Motherlode Travelling Musical Revue is a hit from Sparwood to Vancouver, Barkerville to Hope. This production (a joint project with the Newman and Wright Theatre Company, Theatre Royal, Barkerville) performed dozens of times in 60 communities in front of thousands of people, promoting the Gold Rush/Spirit Trails corridor, First Nations Reconciliation [...]
Saturday, July 1, 2017|
July 1, 2007: The “Canada Day in the Canyon” celebration in historic Yale sees over 350 people enjoy of a day of celebrations featuring music, street theatre and living heritage. Performers included the Siska Dancers and Hayley Sales. the Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable Iona Campagnolo, was welcomed to the Yale First Nation’s traditional territory [...]
Wednesday, June 21, 2017|
May 22 to June 28, 2008: Stephen Hume’s Simon Fraser Lecture Series captivates audiences from Prince George to Vancouver. Award-winning author and Vancouver Sun columnist Hume brought his portrait of a man who worked closely with First Nations (and who deserves a place among the great explorers of his time) to 19 communities. The [...]
Saturday, June 10, 2017|
May 16, 2007: The New Pathways to Gold Society is officially incorporated under the Society’s Act. NPTGS’s first co-chairs are Lytton Mayor Chris O’Connor and First Nations Co-Chair Lytton First Nation Chief Byron Spinks. Chris and Byron were tireless in their efforts to support the Gold Rush/Spirit Trails communities and promote the new Society. [...]
Sunday, April 30, 2017|
April 19-21, 2012: Senators Vivienne Poy and Dr. Lillian Quan Dyck toured the historic Fraser Canyon from Hope to Lytton as guests of the New Pathways to Gold Society. Poy and Dyck are prominent members of the Chinese-Canadian community. Now retired from the Senate, Poy is an author, entrepreneur, fashion designer, and historian from [...]
