Peace River Regional District, British Columbia Peace River Regional District, British Columbia: Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Alaska Highway, Peac

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 148. Not illustrated. Chapters: Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Alaska Highway, Peace River Regional District, Wapiti River, Pouce Coupe River, Pink Mountain Provincial Park, Kiskatinaw River, Fort St. John Airport, Beatton River, Peace River D, British Columbia, Peace River C, British Columbia, Dawson Creek Airport, Kiskatinaw Provincial Park, Inga Lake, Pine le Moray Provincial Park, Dawson Creek Water Aerodrome, One Island Lake Provincial Park, Fort St. John Water Aerodrome, Dawson Creek Rage, Fort Ware Airport, Charlie Lake Provincial Park, Fort Ware Water Aerodrome, Peace Canyon Dam, Hudson's Hope Airport, Redfern-Keily Provincial Park, Fort Graham Airport, Ospika Airport, Tumbler Ridge Airport, Chetwynd Airport, Kemess Creek Airport, Ingenika Airport, Tsay Keh Airport, Ed Bird-Estella Provincial Park, Peace River Corridor Provincial Park, East Pine Provincial Park, Pine River Breaks Provincial Park, Blueberry River, Graham-Laurier Provincial Park, Chase Provincial Park, Finlay-Russel Provincial Park and Protected Area, Muscovite Lakes Provincial Park, Milligan Hills Provincial Park, Gwillim Lake Provincial Park, Moberly Lake Provincial Park, Hole-In-The-Wall Provincial Park, Swan Lake Provincial Park, Taylor Landing Provincial Park, Sukunka Falls Provincial Park, Sudeten Provincial Park. Excerpt: Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia - Archaeological evidence show a human presence dating back 3,000 years. The nomadic Sekani, followed by the Dunneza and then the Cree, periodically lived in temporary settlements around the future municipality. Formal exploratory and surveying expeditions were conducted by S. Prescott Fay, with Robert Cross and Fred Brewster in 1914, J.C. Gwillim in 1919, Edmund Spieker in 1920, and John Holzworth in 1923. Spieker coined the name Tumbler Ridge, referring to the mountains northwest of the future to...