Below, you will find detailed information about this site: Boat Encampment
Site Name:
Boat Encampment
Description:
First visited by David Thompson in 1811, the site was an important trans-shipment point for the Hudson's Bay Company Express fur brigades moving to and from the Columbia River across the continent; the site was flooded by hydroelectric development of the river in 1973, and the marker now rests on a point in the Sprague Bay Recreation Site
Date:
1811 (established)
Location:
Warsaw Mountain, Red Rock Bay, British Columbia
Region:
West Coast
Geolocation:
52.11667 , -118.43333
Designated:
1943
