1849 HBC Brigade Trail - Peers Creek Traditional Cache
1849 HBC Brigade Trail - Peers Creek
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BC Heritage Trails/Chasing the Golden Butterfly
1849 HBC TRAIL, HOPE
FOLLOW FUR AND NATIVE TRADERS
The Hudson's Bay Company 1849 Brigade Trail from Hope to Otter Lake
goes through the unspoiled beauty of the Cascade Mountains. Part of
a network of trails in the Fraser River corridor that were used by
First Nations people, fur traders and gold-seekers, today it offers
the average hiker carrying a multi-day pack a five-day backcountry
experience that passes through areas untouched for 160 years. The
Hope Mountain Centre, working with a committee of individuals,
government agencies and non-profits groups (including the New
Pathways to Gold Society), is proud to help restore the HBC Brigade
Trail -- a designated "Heritage Trail."
Three Fun Facts about the 1849 HBC Brigade Trail
From the Peers Creek trailhead to Palmer Pond, the trail runs 25
kilometres. Once completed, hike the entire 43-kilometre route from
Hope to the Tulameen Plateau, west of Princeton.
Between 1849 and 1860, men and horses using the trail faced a
difficult four-day trip over the Cascades to the hub of Kamloops,
source of stock horses and the link to the upper Fraser.
The route was originally a First Nations trail used for hunting and
trade. An Upper Similkameen chief named "Blackeye" described the
route to A.C. Anderson of the HBC in 1846.
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