Cascade

CASCADE is a border crossing south of CHRISTINA LK on the KETTLE R, 20 km east of GRAND FORKS. From 1895 it was a key stopping place on the wagon road linking Marcus, WA, and the Spokane Falls & Northern Railroad with settlements on the Canadian side of the border. The construction of the COLUMBIA & WESTERN RWY between CASTLEGAR and MIDWAY (1898–99) raised false hopes that a SMELTER would be constructed. A power dam at the river gorge supplied HYDROELECTRICITY to early COPPER mining camps in...

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