Tete Jaune Cache
Tête Jaune Cache is a settlement ( English unincorporated populated place ) in the province of British Columbia in western Canada .
location
The scattered settlement is located on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains in the valley of the Fraser River about 100 km west of Jasper ( Alberta ), 240 km east of Prince George and 330 km north of Kamloops . This is where the southern section of the Yellowhead Highway , Highway 5, joins the northern part , Highway 16 .
The valley is surrounded by three mountain ranges, the Monashee , the Premier and the Rocky Mountains, the McLennan River flows into the Fraser River here.
history
The name of the settlement is derived from Pierre Hastination, a trapper and fur trader belonging to the Iroquois nation , who was called Tête Jaune († 1827, German 'yellow head' ) by the voyageurs because of his blond hair .
The construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway gave the town a brief boom around 1910 when around 3,000 people settled here.
After the population had decreased to around 500 over many years, the development of tourism in recent years has stabilized this number.
Web links
- britishcolumbia.com: Tête Jaune Cache (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tete Jaune Cache . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
Coordinates: 52 ° 58 ′ N , 119 ° 26 ′ W