| Name: | Yellowhead Pass | |||
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| Description: | This pass was used for brief periods from the mid-1820’s to the early 1850’s by the Hudson’s Bay Company to transport moose leather and beaver pelts from the Saskatchewan District to its posts in New Caledonia. It derives its name from Pierre Bostonais, nicknamed ‘Tête Jaune’, an Iroquois freeman who helped survey the pass in the early 19th century. In the early 20th century, the Yellowhead would become the main corridor through the Rockies for not one, but two railways. Years later, road construction crews paved the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway #16 through the pass. The fur trade era is long gone, but Yellowhead Pass continues to be an important transportation route for many Canadians. Yellowhead Pass was designated a national historic site in 1971.
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| Category: | Any | |||
| Latitude: | 52.8991699 | |||
| Longtitude: | -118.4655762 | |||
| Proximity: | 25 | |||
| Audio: |
jasper_yellowheadpass_vojon.mp3 |
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