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British Columbia Designated Heritage Sites Registry

• Abkhazi Garden, 1964 Fairfield Road, Victoria (Land Conservancy of BC). Date added: 1995-2003.05.29. Date updated (URL): 2007-12-07.
• Barkerville Cemetery Inscriptions transcribed by Jane Sherris
• Barkerville Historic Town (BC Heritage Branch, Province of BC)
• Barkerville Historic Town (www.cariboo-net.com); also at http://www.barkerville.com/
• Big Things: The Monuments of Canada (David Yanciw) documents, through photographs and descriptions, monumental community objects such as the totem pole at Alert Bay and Mr. P.G. in Prince George. The site includes links to related Web sites. Variant title: Big Things, Community Monuments in Canada. Date updated: 2002.05.07.
• British Columbia Museum of Mining (Britannia Beach) is a National Historic Site (1988) and a BC Historic Landmark (1989)
• Canadian Civil Engineering History and Heritage (Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and Canada's Digital Collections). Highlights heritage sites across Canada celebrating the achievements of civil engineers. Date added: 2002.11.02.
• Cariboo Gold Rush Roadhouses (1863-1900) (Quesnel & District Museum & Archives and Canada's Digital Collections). This site looks as the roadhouses established John Boyd, including the Cottonwood House. Date added: 1995-2003.11.19.
• Carr House Gift Shop and Interpretation Centre (207 Government St., Victoria, BC Heritage Branch, Province of BC) includes a link to the Emily Carr At Home and At Work Exhibit (Canada's Digital Collections)
• Chilliwack Driving Tours (Chilliwack Visitor Information Centre). The tour information, on a variety of themes, including heritage and history, is only available for viewing or downloading as Adobe PDF files.
• Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site (Parks Canada) marks this important route from Dyea, Alaska, to Dawson City, part of which passed through BC. On the Alaska side, the US National Parks Services operates the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park.
• Commemorating Canada's History (Parks Canada [formerly: http://parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/schoolnet/cchistory/home_page/homepage.html] and Canada's Digital Collections). The Parks Canada Web site is undergoing redevelopment as of January 2003; many links, including this one, are broken. Until the site is fully stabilized, use the main link (http://www.parkscanada.gc.ca) to locate this resource. Date updated: 2003-02-15.
• Cottonwood House Historic Site (BC Heritage Branch, Province of BC)
• Craigdarroch Castle (1050 Joan Crescent, Victoria) (Craigdarroch Castle Historical Museum Society). Date updated: 2002.05.10.
• Teaching, Learning & Farming at Craigflower Farm, Victoria (Canada's Digital Collections)
• Crystal Garden: 75 Years of Community (Provincial Capital Commission, Victoria, and Canada's Digital Collections)
• CultureCanada.gc.ca (Government of Canada) is a gateway to culture, heritage and recreation resources within and outside the Federal government. The site can be browsed by toptic category or searched. A link request service is also available. Date added: 2002.05.10.
• Emily Carr and the House of All Sorts (Margaret Chantreau and Canada's Digital Collections)
• Fort Langley National Historic Site (Parks Canada)
• Fort Nisqually (Washington). This was a Hudson's Bay Company outpost built in 1833. Date added: 1995-2003.10.17.
• Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites (Victoria; Parks Canada)
• Fort St. James National Historic Site (Parks Canada)
• Fort Steele Heritage Town (BC Heritage Branch, Province of BC). The Archives and Library are described in the Information link. Among the online holdings in the Map Archives are a selection of Ktunaxa (Kootenay) pictographs and Canadian settlement maps. Another view of Fort Steele is Moment in Time: Fort Steele, A Historic Metaphor (Canada's Digital Collections).
• Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (Washington). Established by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1825. Date added: 1995-2003.10.17.
• Grist Mill and Gardens at Keremeos (BC Heritage Branch, Province of BC)
• Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site (Steveston; Parks Canada)
• (Roderick and Ann) Haig-Brown House (BC Heritage Branch, Province of BC, 2250 Campbell River Road, Hwy 28, Campbell River)
• Hatley Park and Castle (Friends of Hatley Park Society), Royal Roads University, Colwood. Constructed by James Dunsmuir, son of Robert Dunsmuir, who built Craigdarroch Castle.
• Helmcken House (BC Heritage Branch, Province of BC, Victoria, and Canada's Digital Collections)
• Historic Hat Creek Ranch (BC Heritage Branch, Province of BC)
• Historic Yale (BC Heritage Branch, Province of BC)
• History Lands: Canada's Heritage Sites is inspired by the HistoryLands television series
• Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Victoria (BC Heritage Branch, Province of BC, and Canada's Digital Collections) includes Northwest Coast First Nations and fur trade artifacts.
• Imperial Paradise?: An Alternative Walking Tour of Victoria, BC (History of Racialisation Group [HORG], University of Victoria)
• Kilby Store and Farm, Harrison Mills (BC Heritage Branch, Province of BC)
• Kitwanga Fort National Historic Site (between New Hazelton and Terrace; Parks Canada)
• Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park (United States National Park Service, Skagway, AK) was the start of the White Pass and Yukon Railway which passed through BC. Nearby Dyea was the start of the Chilkoot Trail which is commemorated by the Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site (Parks Canada).
• McLean Mill National Historic Site (Smith Road, Port Alberni) is found on the Alberni Valley Heritage Network site. Date updated: 2003-02-15.
• North Pacific Historic Fishing Village (Port Edward) is a national historic site which includes a fishing and cannery museum.
• Pacific Marine Heritage Legacy (Parks Canada) is a joint federal-provincial initiative to preserve and document BC's coastal ecosystems and human heritage.
• Point Ellice House Collection of Household Victoriana (Point Ellice House, 2616 Pleasant St., Victoria, BC Heritage Branch, Province of BC, and Canada's Digital Collections)
• Roedde House: A Window to the Past (Roedde House Museum and Canada's Digital Collections).
• Roedde House Museum (1415 Barclay Street, Vancouver)
• San Juan Island National Historical Park (San Juan Island, WA) commemorates the joint military occupation by American and British troops between 1859-1872 of the site of the Pig War.
• Sea to Sea to Sea Historic Park of Bella Coola (CentralCoastBC.com) is an online booklet about Sir Alexander Mackenzie's epic journey across Canada which ended in Bella Coola in 1793.
• S.S. Moyie National Historic Site (Kaslo; sponsored by the Kootenay Lake Historical Society). Date updated: 2003-02-15.
• Skung Gwaii World Heritage Site (Nunstints Village, Haida Gwaii [Anthony Island, Queen Charlotte Islands]; Parks Canada). The Parks Canada Web site is undergoing redevelopment as of January 2003; many links, including this one, are broken. Until the site is fully stabilized, use the main link (http://www.parkscanada.gc.ca) to locate this resource. Date updated: 2003-02-15.
• The Tod House (Oak Bay, BC) via The Pioneer Explorations of Scotch Boy John Tod.
• Trethewey House on Mill Lake (Abbotsford) was designated a heritage site in 1983 and is operated by the MSA Museum Society.
• Victoria Heritage Attractions Information Directory (Victoria Civic Heritage Trust). Date added: 1995-2003.05.28.
• A Visit to a B.C. General Store (Fraser Heritage Society  and Canada's Digital Collections). Site features the Kilby Historic Store and Farm at Harrison Mills. Date added: 1995-2003.11.19.
• Xá:ytem Longhouse Interpretive Centre, Mission (BC Heritage Branch, Province of BC)

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Compiled by David Mattison, Victoria Telecommunity Network, BC. Copyright © 1995-2003 by David Mattison. This site may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion without my consent.