THE PROSPECTOR WEDNESDA Y MAY 15, 1985 \ \ 4 ^ THE PROSPECTOR WEDNESDA Y MAY IS, 1985 Wekmat to tfje Ifctbge Hiuer Balterj
Gold Bridge & District Chamber of Comm• erce and the advertisers present this brochure where ATV-assisted ac• In the 1880s, after upstream from the Fra- trails which remain for lorne (see map below) ditions permit snowmo- Logging activities in about an historic and rugged recreation retreat ser River, panning in today's outdoors enthu• can be gained from Hwy biling right to their do• recent years also have cess to wilderness camp• 168 air-kilometres [105 air miles] due north of paying 25 cents a head ing can erase civilizati• to cross the toll bridge hopes of locating the siasts to explore. Glim• 99 at Pemberton via the orsteps. However, even opened Pearson Cr. Rd. Vancouver,BC. mother lode. pses of history, as well High Line Rd. (for 4x4s, if lower elevations have (#4), Downton Lk. Rd. on's "rat race" from the The map inside pinpoints 30 local spots whose superceding the natives' as spectacular mountain thawed or been plowed (#15) and Kingdom Lk. mind.However, many bridge which gave the Eventually their tena• March through Novem• numbers reappear in articles and photo captions city left Bridge River vistas beckon. ber) or Hurley River for loggers, arrange• Forest Access Rd. (#21 Forest Service Recreati• on the front and back pages. Bridge River its name, Backroad access to Forest Access Rd. (for ments can be made with and 24), where thous• on Sites also are avail• prospectors could begin country laced with a network of roads and Gold Bridge and Bra- pick-up trucks in sum• those same businesses to ands of hectares of rol• able for those who pre• their arduous journey mer or snow vehicles be met enroute. ling terrain ideally suit fer to have picnic tables December through "There is more acces• family ATV expediti• and pit toilets provided anil Iralnnte March). sible, mountain snow- ons. Even in severe win• (#1, 6, 8, 12, 22, 27, 28 Experienced snow- mobiling within 20 miles ter conditons, they have and 30). mobilers can unload of Gold Bridge than minimal avalanche ha• Gold Bridge Hotel of• their machines at the anywhere else in B.C.," zard. fers shower and laundr• Outdoor School north claims Wayne Yasinow- omat facilities to camp• of Pemberton Meadows ski, owner of T & T Unoccupied Crown ers. Similar plans are SPLASHING YOUNGSTERS use Tyaugh- for the two hour trek Sports and an admitted land surrounds Gold afoot at the Gold Dust ton Lake [#6] to cool off on hot August day over Railroad Creek snowmobile addict. He Bridge and Bralorne, Motel. Pass on the Hurley. estimates one could not cover all of the side trips An advance phone available just along the call to Gold Bridge Ho• Hurley Rd. in four days tel or Gold Dust Motel of steady running time. will reveal whether con•
McGILLlVRAY PASS, 1934, [past #26] was site of Standard Mine cabins at RIDERS SAVOR alpine wilderness in high pass 1740 m [5800 ft.] elevation. Then Pioneer Mine was B.C.'s leading lode-gold of Chilcotin Mountains producer, with 86,622 ounces of gold in 1933 and 89,786 in 1934. Little Gun Lake Lodge was built for Pioneer mine directors in 1934. 3Htgij (Euuntrg Cures fiifcra A vast mountain recr• Gun Creek Ranch, eation region stretches Menhinick's Horse Ren• FOUR WHEELERS can reach the alpine from beyond the wildflower- tals or P. Garrard and f earson Cr. Rd. [#4], Taylor Cr. Rd. [past #16], strewn grasslands of Son will provide every• Grey Rock Rd. [#18], Hurley Rd. [#17 and 24] Gun Creek (#5,7 and 8) thing (except personal FISHERMEN CAST for pan-sized rainbow and McGillivray [#26]. west to the Bridge Glaci• gear) for extended hor• trout in Liza Lake, accessible [past #6] on circle er and north to the seback visits or shorter route from Tyaughton to Marshall Lakes [see Chilcotin Plateau. rides. #1]. Forest Service maintains nearby recreation Because it has been Spruce Lake Tours MOUNTAINS TOWER over Gun Lake [#12, 13 and 14]. sites at north end of Marshall Lake and also at gold country, it is laced can help those interested Carol Lake. with trails ideal for fam• in cross-country skiing ily backpackers or trail- this Chilcotin Mountain riders. wilderness. IS J Sate, Streams Abound wttlj 3Ftal| Hunting and fishing are unsurpassed. wing water skiers, as is raft. tions should be consult• McGILLlVRAY PASS, 1984, where old mining cabins offer shelter to The Bridge River Val• ley's unpolluted lakes Tyaughton Lake (#6). Daily catches are lim• ed. Licences are avail• winter-sports devotees, saw prospectors cut original horsetrail to Bridge However, most lakes are able at Gold Bridge SRUCE LAKE [below] and streams abound wi• ited to six per person for River gold country in the 1880s, a route present-day hikers can follow to th fish, including rain• better suited to the fam• 1985. Fishing regula• Store. McGillivray Falls, served by B.C. Rail, on the High Line Rd. [See map] yields nice rainbows but, ily rowboat or inflatable SECRETIVE PREDATORS like the cougar, flies only, please! bow or brown trout, above, and small relatives the lynx and bobcat, Eastern brook trout, attract hunters to Game Management Units 3-32 kokanee, Dolly Varden and 3-33, separated by the Bridge River. Also and whitefish. hunted here: mule deer, grouse, moose, black and Day-trips to many fi• grizzly bear, wolverine, California bighorn sheep, shing spots can start mountain goat and migratory game birds. [Some FROM WINDY PASS, powder snow beckons limited-access hunts, some species closed in some rider towards summit of Taylor Cr. R., [past #6], from either Gold Bridge years. Consult hunting regulations]. Licences are where old cabin remains from Lucky Strike Gold or Bralorne. Additional• available at Gold Bridge Store. Mine, 1936. ly, the Forest Service maintains a host of rec• reation sites on major lakes, where picnic tab• mmtv diftH: Pacer Onto, M$bva fouier les and pit toilets are provided for campers. QUESTION: Why is River joins the Bridge well as the volume of wonder where the watei No motors are allow• the Bridge River that River? ANSWER: Be• Bridge River water went when they reach ed on LaJoie Lake. Ho• mysterious, milky-green wever, nearby Gun Lake BRADIAN DAZE, 1985, [#25] attracted snowmobile enthusiasts to this cause in prehistoric ti• which flows through Terzaghi Dam. What color? ANSWER: Be• mes the Bridge Glacier four powerhouses to ge• appear to be concrete DESCENT FROM DEER PASS drops toward (#13) is big enough to BIG "DOLLIES," gold-mining ghost town. Elevation at the Empire Portal is 1234 m [4112 ft.], cause glaciers at the Warner Lake at headwaters of Cun Creek [#8]. handle powerboats to• which include two wei• where 26 Bralorne Mine claims were transferred to establish Brad i an Mine in stopped the glacier com• nerate nearly $50 million towers above the dam river's source melt and ing down the Hurley and of electric power for the are intake structures ghing 3.6 kilo [8 lbs] 1934. The Empire shaft was sunk to the 1000 level in 1936 to connect these leave sediment from the were caught where Gun mines' underground workings. carrying free gold with year 1977, for example. where the Bridge River ages suspended in the it. LaJoie Dam (#16) is diverted through Mis• (M\ZZVB ta Jfamtter-S^k Sytttte SaCreegk emptie s into Car• water. backs up the reservoir sion Mountain in two penter Lake. Nearby To TV/ UGH TON Gold Bridge and Bra• 364; Minto, 146; Pio• partners with Noel Zar- nca recalls his single Question: Why did so So, glaciers are res• named Downton Lake, long tunnels to power• was the former location much placer gold build lorne boomed into raw neer Mine, 345; and elli in owning the Royal largest sale of "liquid of Minto City, built by ponsible for the location after B.C. land surveyor houses near Shalalth. Hotel. Its 48 rooms, refreshment" was on the up where the Hurley of the placer gold, as frontier towns when the Tyaughton, 15. "Big Bill" Davidson to Geoffrey Downton, who Tours of the head• price of gold rose in the Among those arriving cafe and beer parlor 24th of May holiday, suggested the river's hy• house employees of the quarters plant for school early 1930s. The 1935 in 1935 were Mr. and were located on the NE 1939, when Sports Day hardrock Minto Gold dro-electric potential in groups or Senior Citizen Voters Lists show Bra• Mrs. J.J. Branca (par• corner of Hwy. 40 and was celebrated. Cus• 1912. Mine, operational by clubs travelling on B.C. lorne Mine, 369; Gold ents of Philip Branca of Haylmore Ave. tomers quaffed enough 1933. Today, Forest KINGDOM LAKE Recreation Site [#22] gives Travellers along Lill- Rail can be arranged by Bridge, 321; Lillooet, Gun Lake), to become The senior Mr. Bra• eight-ounce glasses at Service maintains a family camping access to chain of lakes, where ooet-Pioneer Rd. 40 will phoning 259-8221: two-for-a-quarter to to• campsite beside the rainbow trout flourish, along western flank of te up sales just eight creek. [#8]. Mt. Fergusson. glasses short of $1,000. Public (Han Pan fur