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Monthly Archives: October 2014

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Tumbler Ridge, World Wars I & II, and Place Names

Cultural, Historical Events, TRUGG HistoryBy Tumbler Ridge Global GeoparkOctober 31, 2014Leave a comment

  Tumbler Ridge was built in the 1980s, when memories of World War II were already forty years old. Therefore it is perhaps counter-intuitive to learn that our community’s connections with the two World Wars are profound.   WORLD WAR I: In 1914 Samuel Prescott Fay led a party of five men and twenty horses…

What Occurred a Century Ago

Re-Enacting What Occurred a Century Ago Near Tumbler Ridge

Cultural, Historical EventsBy TRGG WebmasterOctober 9, 2014Leave a comment

Three recent articles in Tumbler Ridge News have celebrated the centennial of the 1914 Samuel Prescott Fay expedition and the beginning of our written history. Fay led a party of five men and twenty horses on a scientific and exploratory expedition from Jasper to Hudson’s Hope, passing through what is now the Tumbler Ridge area.…

The Tumbler Ridge Prehistoric Bison Skull – Part 2

PaleontologyBy Tumbler Ridge Global GeoparkOctober 6, 2014Leave a comment

A recent article in Tumbler Ridge News celebrated the recent repatriation of a prehistoric bison skull to Tumbler Ridge almost thirty years after its discovery in the gravel pit beside the 9th hole of the golf course. A 1993 M.Sc. thesis that included research on the skull indicated that some of the surrounding bones had…

100 Years Ago at Tumbler Ridge

Cultural, TRUGG HistoryBy Tumbler Ridge Global GeoparkOctober 5, 2014Leave a comment

In 1914 Samuel Prescott Fay led a party of five men and twenty horses on a scientific expedition from Jasper to Hudson’s Hope. Part of his journey took him down what would become known as the Murray River. On October 5th he passed below what is now Tumbler Ridge. His diary entry provides the first…

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