4-530: Fort Fraser may refer to: Fort Fraser, British Columbia , an unincorporated community Fort Fraser (Florida) , a US Army fort used from 1837 to 1838 Fort Fraser (sternwheeler) , a small ship named for the Canadian place Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fort Fraser . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-592: The base of Fraser Mountain , close to the village municipality of 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
12-650: 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
16-459: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_Fraser&oldid=603644461 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fort Fraser, British Columbia Fort Fraser is an unincorporated village of about 500 people, situated near
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