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. [...]
Thursday, July 20, 2017|
Richard Wright and Barkerville’s Theatre Royal are taking their show on the road to bring a smile to the faces of people forced from their homes by B.C.’s wildfires. The first benefit performance will be held Sunday, July 23rd at the outdoor theatre in LeBourdais Park, Quesnel. “Mrs. McGinley’s Gold Rush Variety Show” is [...]
Wednesday, July 19, 2017|
NPTGS First Nations Co-Chair Cheryl Chapman and her partner Mike Retasket have been fighting the forest fires around their home since it started on July 7. They live about two kilometres from the original site of the Mountain House Stage coach stop that was built by brothers Jim and Bill Sellars, on the Gold [...]
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. [...]
Friday, June 9, 2017|
Save the date! The 4th Annual Barkerville Aboriginal Celebration takes place Saturday, July 15th, 2017, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm. Featured performers include the Lhtako Dene Hoop Dancers, St’at’imc Bear Dancers and Xatśūll Drumming, Song, Storytelling (and is that NPTGS First Nations Co-Chair Cheryl Chapman in the bottom right corner of the picture)? This [...]
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 [...]
