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Believing the building included key elements of the 1864 structure, the province assigned a heritage designation in the early 1970s, which was withdrawn a decade later after clarifying its true date. Around 1995, the lodge finally closed to guests. Two small fenced cemeteries exist to the south, one
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Alexandra Lodge for the accommodation was July 1927. The present lodge built about that time largely follows the architect's drawings. Differences might reflect early rebuilding as a result of a possible fire. During the 1920s to 1940s, the owners ran an
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In 2021, Shirley and Ken MacKinnon bought the 5-hectare (12-acre) property and have begun restorations. Two cabins at the front of the property are salvageable but three at the back will need to be rebuilt. The underside of the 279-square-metre (3,000 sq ft) lodge is so rotted that the
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was launched in 1882 near the CP Big Tunnel (west shore opposite the
Alexandra Tunnel). An earlier account mentions the boat building over the previous winter near Chapmans Bar. Although the specific side of the river is unclear, the general location was not far north of Chapmans.
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gas station stood north of the lodge. The weight of snow collapsed the roof of that building in the early 1990s and the ruins were burned down about 2000. The highways department moved the lodge back six feet from the road in 1952 and placed it upon a concrete foundation.
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the bar, which was one of the largest and richest on the east side of the river. Chapman was likely the prospector who discovered this find. One speculation is that
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