Unique Sites
Houston Grizzly
Houston | Natural Settings | Unique Sites | Houston’s Famous Grizzly spent a considerable amount of his life living in the geographical area known as “Hungry Hill”. This area is located a few miles West of Houston and has been home to many...
Kalum Lake Hotel
Terrace | Historic Sites | Unique Sites | Kalum Lake Hotel was built by George Cobb and originally intended as a roadhouse, roughly comparable to a motel of today. Typically miners and timber cruisers would stay overnight before walking...
Kit Home Aladdin Brunswick XVI
Smithers | Historic Sites | Unique Sites | A Brunswick style Aladdin Company kit home built in the 1920’s. First owned by J. G. Stevens, a station agent at CNR. The house is located at 3908 First Avenue.
Kit Home Aladdin Cleveland XVI
Smithers | Historic Sites | Unique Sites | This Aladdin kit home was constructed in the 1920’s. One of the owners was Frank Parker, a conductor for the CNR. Another owner was Jack Hetherington. The home is located at 3991 Alfred...
Kit Home Aladdin Wabash XVI
Smithers | Historic Sites | Unique Sites | In 1921, a train dispatcher, H. J. Kelly, purchased the Wabash style kit home from the Aladdin Company. Now owned by a retired train engineer and an Aladdin Kit Home aficionado.
Kit Home Eaton’s Eagerville
Smithers | Historic Sites | Unique Sites | This Eagerville style Eaton’s kit home was featured in the 1919 Eaton’s plan book. It was built in 1923 by the first doctor living in Smithers, Dr. Hankinson. Another owner of the home was Norman...
Mexican Grinding Stone
Houston | Historic Sites | Unique Sites | This grinding stone is a relic of the ancient silver mining industry of New Spain, now the independent Republic of Mexico, in the sixteenth through the early nineteenth centuries, miners from the...
Nechako Migratory Bird Sanctuary
Vanderhoof | Outdoor Activities | Unique Sites | Located on the Nechako River at Riverside Park, the Migratory Bird Sanctuary is visited by thousands of Canadian Geese as well as Trumpeter Swans, Northern Pintails, Caspian Terns and White...
North Pacific Cannery, National Historic Site
Port Edward | Historic Sites | Unique Sites | Established in 1889, North Pacific Cannery is the oldest remaining intact salmon cannery on the West Coast of North America. Original architecture and the pristine BC wilderness set the backdrop...