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"Pacific Cable..."

"Pacific Cable..."

Historic Monuments Board plaque; erected 1930.

Text on plaque: Pacific Cable / The movement for this British state-owned cable was initiated by Sir Sanford Fleming in 1879 and carried to a successful conclusion, nearly a quarter of a century later, mainly through his persistent efforts. / The cable, laid at the joint expense of Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, was completed and officially opened on 31st October, 1902.

"Greenwood Smelter"

"Greenwood Smelter"

Stop of Interest sign "Erected by the B.C. Centennial Committee".

Text on sign: In this wilderness of rugged mountains, ore was first found in the late 1880s. Further prospects led to the building of a large smelter by the B.C. Copper Co. From 1901, copper, gold, and silver poured from its furnaces. Fed by the great Motherlode Mine, it employed 400 men. The collapse of inflated war-time copper prices forced closure in 1918.

Hagwilget Signpost Along Highway 16

Hagwilget Signpost Along Highway 16

Text on sign:
HAGWILGET
"The home of the quiet people" was a Carrier Indian village on the banks below. Here a bridge spanned the Bulkley River before the non-Indians arrived. Poles, lashed with cedar "rope", were supporting timbers for this noted "marvel of primitive engineering". Later, reinforeced with wire by the crews of the telegraph line, it served for half a century.

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