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China Bar
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China Bar Bluff, just above Hell's Gate (credit: BC Archives #HP-10223)
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The name confirms the presence of Chinese miners at this point on the Fraser River which was just beyond Spuzzum (the site for a suspension bridge across the Fraser) It was Sgt.William McColl and the Royal Engineers who worked on the road. Joseph Trutch, road contractor built the Alexandra Bridge in 1863. This bridge was destroyed in 1915, with a second bridge built in the 1920s "History of B.C." Vol. 2 By F.W. Howay & E. O. S. Scholefield, p.100.
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Alexandra Bridge, built by Joseph Trutch, the first suspension bridge in BC (credit: BC Archives #A-03928)
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Sergeant William McColl of the Royal Engineers (credit: BC Archives #B-00930)
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© Quesnel & District Museum and Archives unless otherwise
noted. Thanks to the B.C. Archives for permission to show various
images. Thanks to the BC Encyclopedia for permission to quote information
on the roadhouse communities. Thanks to the Living Landscapes Project,
the Royal British Columbia Museum, Ministry of Community, Aboriginal
and Women's Services for their support of site development.
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