The Whatcom Trails to the Fraser River Mines in 1858
Authors
R. L. Reid
Abstract
"Twice in 1858 [Whatcom's] people tried to evade Victoria and the perils of the Fraser by constructing a trail from Bellingham Bay direct to the mines, and twice her efforts were futile… It is proposed to relate, as fully as existing authorities permit, the story of these trails, the difficulties encountered by those who hewed them through the forests, and the reasons why both failed to be of lasting importance either to Whatcom or the mines."
