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Pemberton Pass

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1280: 117:, at the lower end of Anderson Lake, was the Short Portage). The wagon road constructed in those times continued in use locally despite the route's general abandonment and isolation after the building of the 1374: 560: 1369: 1349: 1325: 1087: 206: 1049: 1137: 130: 82:(also known as Birken Lake), at the summit of the pass (also known historically as Summit Lake or Gates Lake), which flows to the Fraser via 1359: 895: 610: 973: 755: 1192: 1162: 1082: 800: 585: 1222: 1152: 963: 937: 790: 142: 83: 1117: 690: 645: 565: 450: 1318: 1197: 1172: 1142: 1097: 760: 535: 505: 445: 126: 1202: 1182: 765: 344: 146: 1354: 1241: 1132: 1127: 1122: 1112: 840: 680: 500: 495: 199: 1207: 1167: 1147: 1102: 1072: 1067: 465: 51: 134: 1227: 1157: 1092: 55: 1344: 1311: 1287: 1217: 1212: 1077: 615: 570: 150: 1107: 1023: 700: 670: 234: 43: 1364: 1187: 620: 192: 1177: 745: 520: 98: 374: 168: 1028: 983: 675: 485: 354: 125:, and its road grade remains essentially the same today as the route of the unnumbered route from 998: 988: 815: 545: 515: 490: 968: 1033: 993: 880: 805: 710: 655: 455: 419: 414: 309: 244: 1295: 1018: 1013: 1008: 1003: 978: 927: 885: 820: 795: 775: 770: 720: 705: 685: 409: 324: 274: 259: 254: 67: 63: 860: 850: 830: 695: 640: 635: 630: 575: 510: 460: 435: 399: 389: 349: 329: 660: 890: 845: 825: 555: 480: 475: 470: 394: 384: 379: 334: 314: 289: 279: 249: 215: 35: 1338: 922: 865: 835: 810: 780: 735: 550: 525: 364: 299: 284: 239: 163: 122: 114: 71: 145:. Also using the valley is the route of the railway, originally constructed as the 97:
This pass was historically important in the founding of British Columbia during the
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when it was a key link in what was known as the Lakes Route or
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and forming a divide between Poole Creek, a tributary of the
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Index

Long Portage
Lillooet
Fraser River
Birken, British Columbia
Canada
Pemberton
Lillooet
thalweg
Mount Birkenhead
Birkenhead River
Lillooet Lake
Gates River
Gates Lake
Anderson
Seton Lakes
Seton River
Fraser River Gold Rush
Douglas Road
Seton Portage
Cariboo Road
Fraser Canyon
Mount Currie
BC Highway 99
D'Arcy
Nequatque
Anderson Lake
Pacific Great Eastern
Canadian National Railway
"Pemberton Pass"
BC Geographical Names

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