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Fraser River Exploration Monument

Fraser River Exploration Monument

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Fraser River Exploration Monument

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Location: Electoral Area A, British Columbia, Canada

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Bhagwan Athare

September 6, 2023

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Although Spanish seamen had noted the Fraser estuary in 1791, when Alexander Mackenzie reached the upper Fraser in 1793 on his way to the Pacific, he thought he was on the Columbia. Simon Fraser and John Stuart of the North West Company explored the river under the same misapprehension in 1808, realizing only when they reached the sea that two great river systems drained the north Pacific slope. Although the Fraser was not throughout its course a practical canoe route, the Hudson's Bay company integrated it into a new supply system when forced in 1848 to abandon the Columbia.

Scott

April 23, 2026

The landmark sits near SW Marine Drive, along the western edge of the park, and it honors the historic 1808 journey of explorer Simon Fraser and John Stuart, who traveled the great Fraser River all the way to the Pacific Ocean. From the monument area, you can look out toward the North Arm of the Fraser River and take in views of the natural landscape.

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