DISTANCE FROM VANCOUVER: 177 KM; 2.5 HOURS
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Midway between Yale and Lytton on the Fraser River, Boston Bar is a town steeped in history.
Many of the prospectors in this area were from south of the border, notably the East Coast, and local First Nations took to calling these expatriates "Boston Men". Named after its American residents, Boston Bar became a busy stopover for traders and those heading north in search of gold.
North Bend, across the Fraser River from Boston Bar, was originally named Boston Bar. When the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed in 1885, the name was changed to North Bend, and the name Boston Bar crossed the river to the Boston Bar of today.
A short distance south of Boston Bar is one of the most spectacular sights in British Columbia: Hell's Gate, a narrowing of the Fraser River where the water churns through in a tremendous maelstrom. It's an awesome sight to behold, and certainly a "hellish" experience for the more than 2 million spawning Salmon who must pass through this part of the Fraser River every year. The Hell's Gate aerial ferry was installed in 1946, prior to which one could only cross the Fraser River by boat.
LINKS:
WWW.HELLSGATEAIRTRAM.COM
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