{"id":2249,"date":"2018-11-24T23:13:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T07:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?p=772"},"modified":"2018-11-24T23:13:50","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T07:13:50","slug":"exploring-fort-st-james-b-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?p=2249","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Fort St. James, B.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 10th, 2018<\/p>\n<p>Wanting to learn more about all the communities in the school district I am presently working in, sd91 (Nechako lakes), it was time to explore Fort St. James. Our Superintendent and Director of Instruction both live in Fort St. James but I haven&#8217;t seen either in Burns Lake yet.\u00a0 We set off from Burns Lake on a beautiful morning heading mostly east towards Prince George passing through Fraser Lake, and Fort Fraser. Just prior to Vanderhoof you leave highway 16 and head north on highway 27. The trip is nearly 2 hours and 175 km. There are signs to discover the Fort St. James National Historic Site and learn about the history of Canada&#8217;s fur trade. However, this historic site is only open in the tourist (summer) season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6586.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-818\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><\/p>\n<p>Fort St. James is located adjacent to beautiful lakes and mountains. It is a very interesting location because, as a newcomer to the town, the contradiction between colonial\u00a0 and First People&#8217;s histories is pretty clearly exemplified. As listed in hellobc information online &#8220;Fort St. James was established by explorer Simon Fraser in 1806 for the North West Company, the site was dubbed &#8220;the Siberia of the Fur Trade&#8221; because of its harsh winters. Today, Fort St. James national Historic Site is reconstructed to the year 1896, and it includes a re-created Hudson&#8217;s Bay trading post.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2249 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=807'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_9551-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=808'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_9554-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=809'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_9555-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=810'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_9557-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=811'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_9560-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=812'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_9560-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=813'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_9561-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=814'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_9563-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=815'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_9567-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=816'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_9567-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/?attachment_id=817'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_9568-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>As we approached Fort St. James (approximately 4,500 including rural areas and First Nations reserves) we noticed physical changes&#8211; the temperature was dropping, the mountains (tall hills to Rocky mountain folks)\u00a0 were increasing in size, ( there was increasing frost and snow on the ground, a loaded logging truck was sitting sideways in the ditch, yet the sun was shining and the beauty of the area was quite stunning. We stopped to walk in the snow near a bridge and listened to swans trumpet as they flew overhead. I noticed interesting animal hoof marks in the snow which I was told later were probably elk hoof marks. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6612.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-819\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6614.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-823\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6615.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-821\" height=\"2800\" width=\"2100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6616.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-822\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6617.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-824\" height=\"2800\" width=\"2100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6623.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-820\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><\/p>\n<p>We drove around the community and the enormous lake that actual looked like the ocean as the waves lapped on the shore! Right next to one of the reserves was the Fort St. James historical site. You drive through the reserve to access the parking lot! Ironic! Usually it is closed, but the gates were open as somebody was doing repairs. So Mark and I got to walk around the site. There was snow on the ground and the wind from the lake was bitter cold. I can only imagine what it would feel like during -30 degree weather here. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6627.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-825\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6628.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-838\" height=\"2800\" width=\"2100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6629.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-827\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6631.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-837\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6633.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-826\" height=\"2102\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6636.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-831\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6646.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-842\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6648.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-829\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6650.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-840\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6651.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-839\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6652.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-835\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6655.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-843\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6660.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-834\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6663.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-841\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6667.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-833\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6669.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-830\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6674.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-828\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6675.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-832\" height=\"2800\" width=\"2100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6682.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-836\" height=\"2800\" width=\"2100\"><\/p>\n<p>According to weatherbase.cm the lowest recorded temperature in Fort St. James was -49.4C! OMG!\u00a0 But&#8230;It sure is gorgeous \ud83d\ude42 There is a ski hill here and lots of outdoor (especially winter) recreational activities. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6684.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-847\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6686.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-848\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6690.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-849\" height=\"2100\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6698.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-845\" height=\"1949\" width=\"2800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandysglobaleyes.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_6702.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-846\" height=\"1885\" width=\"2800\"><\/p>\n<p>Watch out for slippery roads and large wild animals! And bring your camera!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 10th, 2018 Wanting to learn more about all the communities in the school district I am presently working in, sd91 (Nechako lakes), it was time to explore Fort St. James. 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