Hope

HOPE, district municipality, pop 6,185 (2006), nestles in the mountains at the mouth of the Fraser Canyon (see FRASER R), 150 km east of VANCOUVER. It began as Fort Hope, a trading post established for the HBC by Henry Newsham Peers during 1848–49 near the ancient STO:LO nation village of Ts'qo:ls. When the GOLD RUSH began in 1858 it became a stop for miners heading up the river, and a townsite was laid out. The name refers to the HBC's hope that the fort would form part of an all-British...

If you are already registered on KnowBC, login now to get access to the full article.

You may already have access to KnowBC through your school, university or library.

• Schools that subscribe to KnowBC
• Colleges and universities that subscribe to KnowBC
• Public libraries that subscribe to KnowBC

If you do not already have access to KnowBC, you can subscribe.