Fort Fraser, British Columbia, Welcome Sign
N 54° 03.553 W 124° 32.253
10U E 399361 N 5991203
This welcome sign for the community of Fort Fraser is located along the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway 16.
Waymark Code: WMHQCJ
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 08/04/2013
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The small village of Fort Fraser in located in the picturesque Nechako Valley in Central British Columbia, Canada. The sign depicts a valley with forested slopes on either side with the welcome words in the valley portion of the sign. The welcome sign reads: "Nechako Valley Fort Fraser Welcomes You."
The following information about Fort Fraser is from Wikipedia:
"Fort Fraser is an unincorporated community of about 1000 people, situated near the base of Fraser Mountain, close to both Fraser Lake and the Nechako River. It can be found near the geographical centre of British Columbia, Canada, 44 km (27 mi) west of Vanderhoof on the Yellowhead Highway. Originally established in 1806 as a North West Company fur trading post by the explorer Simon Fraser, it is one of present-day British Columbia's oldest permanent European-founded settlements. The area around the community is also recorded as the site of the first land in British Columbia cultivated by non-First Nations people."
The original site of the fort is 4 km (2 mi) to the west, in Beaumont Provincial Park. In 1911, the fort was relocated to nearby Nadleh Village, and later closed in 1915. The present community is located at the site of the last spike of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, driven on April 7, 1914. Today, Fort Fraser is an active community sustained by both forestry and tourism.