Grizzly - Rogers Pass, British Columbia
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wildwoodke
N 51° 18.128 W 117° 31.243
11U E 463699 N 5683552
This statue of a grizzly bear is located in front of the hotel at Rogers Pass, British Columbia.
Waymark Code: WMBQ1N
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 06/11/2011
Views: 3
Walking up to this bronze statue is as close as you will ever want to come to one of these man-eaters.
"Major Albert Bowman Rogers was dispatched to the Selkirks in 1881 to find a route for the Canadian Pacific Railway through the "impenetrable peaks" west of the Rocky Mountains. He confirmed that a pass existed in 1882 and construction was underway through Rogers Pass in 1884. By 1885, the railway to British Columbia was complete, fulfilling the commitment which Prime Minister John A. Macdonald had made to the new province when it joined Confederation in 1871. "
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Name of statue: Grizzly bear
Name of creator: unknown
Material: bronze
Date created: unknown
Additional Coordinates: Not Listed
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