Mayor Weeber Proclaims Heritage Week in New Hazelton
To celebrate this year's centennial of both BC Parks and Parks Canada, the Heritage Week 2011 theme is "A Century of Conservation: Parks and Cultural Landscapes."
While British Columbia's parks are renowned for their exceptional natural beauty and world-class recreation opportunities, they also conserve some of our most significant cultural treasures and historic landmarks. One such place is Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park in the Fraser Canyon.
The Alexandra suspension bridge, built in 1926, is a testament to engineering ingenuity and the advent of auto travel. Decades before, another bridge bore the thousands of fortune seekers streaming up the Cariboo Wagon Road to the fabled gold fields of the Interior. And since time immemorial, generations of First Nations have gathered a lifegiving harvest from the waters of the river that carved out the canyon below. We have many reasons to celebrate our heritage and our parks.
