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could discontinue their services when the road conditions were poor, the BC Express
Company had advertised automobile services in all weather conditions from May to October. Fulfilling that promise meant that a large crew of mechanics and drivers had to be kept on staff. In 1913, it cost the company $ 67,233 to maintain their fleet of 8 Wintons. The largest sum went for repairs, but $ 15,835.53 was spent on tires alone. Furthermore the total profits that were made that season was only $ 3,337.23, which the company believed was not a large figure considering the risk and investment involved.
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had begun and the company's attorney was engaged in war work and was unable to appear. His replacement, a junior partner with little experience, was unable to prepare and present the evidence properly and the company lost the case. With no substantive response by the dominion government, the company
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would lead the teams out to the stages only once the baggage had been secured and the passengers and driver were safely seated. Once harnessed to the stage, the reins were given to the driver and he could release the brake. The stage horses often leaped and reared at the start of a trip, but settled
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Board of Trade, the provincial government granted the BC Express
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back towards Fort George and immediately wired the company's head office at
Ashcroft and informed them of the obstruction. The BC Express Company had the Board of Railway Commissioners investigate the situation and the Board came back in the company's favour and told the railway they must build the
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Barkerville. The company had originally been owned by William Jeffray and W.H. Thain and had been known as the Jeffray and Company's Fraser Express. In the summer of 1862, Barnard merged his company into the British Columbia and Victoria Express Company and won the government contract to deliver
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Company had a wide variety of stagecoaches. Some only required two horses and were called a "jerky", while others were pulled by four or six horses. Some had enclosed carriages and others were open. For winter travel, the stagecoaches were replaced by sleighs of all sizes, including
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ran until August 30, 1919, when she was punctured by an infamous rock called the "Woodpecker" and sank with a 100 tons of bagged cement intended for construction of the Deep Creek Bridge. In the spring of 1920, the salvage work was completed and at a cost of $ 40,000 the
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up from Fort George to Tête Jaune Cache when he was stopped a cable strung across the river at Mile 141 where the railway was building a bridge. The railway was reneging on their promise not to impede steamer travel on the river. Bucey turned the
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the PGE had slowed to a crawl and would in fact not to be completed to Prince George until 1952. In the meantime, the settlers and farmers needed a way to ship their produce to market and steamer fares were the most reasonable option.
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to Soda Creek was $ 27.50 and the steamer fare from there to Fort George was $ 17.50. Meals were 75 cents and a berth was $ 1.50. The stage freight charge was sixty dollars a ton and the steamer freight charge was forty dollars a ton.
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when hordes of adventurers were descending on the
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pushed her back upstream through the Fort George Canyon and to the shipyard at Fort George. This would be the first time in the history of sternwheelers that one would push another upriver through a canyon.
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William Ballou in 1858. Others soon followed, usually one or two man operations where the proprietor himself packed the express goods, either on his back or with the help of a trusty mule.
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underway, the sternwheelers were needed to help deliver equipment and food supplies to the work camps. In 1915, the railway insolvent, work ceased. Despite having a monopoly on river traffic, the
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on the riverbank at Fort George, where their hulls were abandoned., thus ending the days of the pioneer transportation company that
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some that could carry fifteen passengers. Many of the later stagecoaches were
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people at Fort George to buy the land that the GTP wanted for their townsite, forcing the GTP to sell some of that prime property to Millar, which he developed and was later called the
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into a smooth trot once they were underway. The whip rarely had to be used to encourage them, as they knew the next station meant a good feed and a warm stable.
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of Vancouver to supply and deliver in drums the gas and oil that the cars would need. The drums were then placed in key locations along the road.
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harness, which was cleaned every time it was taken off. To ensure that the horses always had proper shoes, traveling farriers with portable
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on its front panels. It cost $ 50 a day to ride in this famous coach, but many visiting diplomats and English
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and back. The coach was painted in the bright red and yellow BX colours and had the Canadian
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was raised and patched sufficiently to get her back to Fort George. The
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bridge on the route to Tête Jaune Cache, the company ran the
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rode in the Dufferin when they went hunting in the Cariboo.
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Steamboats of the Upper Fraser River in British Columbia
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At the end of August 1913, Captain Bucey was taking the
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214:The first horses used by the company came from
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222:and driven to the company's ranch in
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2122:Collins Overland Telegraph Company
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307:In 1903 it was announced that the
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1011:from the original on 2 July 2007
980:Dictionary of Canadian Biography
973:Margaret A. Ormsby (1979–2016).
609:was reserved for special trips.
36:British Columbia Express Company
512:The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
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2107:Foley Bros., Welch and Stewart
1053:Steamboats of British Columbia
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869:Fort George Herald, 9 Aug 1913
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829:BX and the Rush to Fort George
703:BX and the Rush to Fort George
676:References and further reading
465:BX Cars at 149 Mile House 1912
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183:, who rode in it from Yale to
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2596:Transport in British Columbia
599:Pacific Great Eastern Railway
597:With the construction of the
440:Sternwheeler routes and fares
311:would be coming through from
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2586:Interior of British Columbia
86:Barnard's Express Office in
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985:University of Toronto Press
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309:Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
284:BC Express stage at Clinton
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2259:John "Gassy Jack" Deighton
2229:William A. Baillie-Grohman
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1005:"Barnard's Express Office"
831:. BC Historical Quarterly.
705:. BC Historical Quarterly.
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228:Canadian Pacific Railway
1159:Peace and Finlay rivers
936:Leonard, Frank (1996).
729:Leonard, Frank (1996).
714:. Foremost Publishing.
665:Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
2544:Puget Sound steamboats
2042:Puget Sound steamboats
944:. UBC Press. pp.
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2249:Owen Forrester Browne
2163:Alaska Marine Highway
2100:Passenger and freight
2005:Princess of Vancouver
911:Harvey, R.G. (1999).
886:West, Willis (1985).
827:West, Willis (1949).
791:West, Willis (1985).
701:West, Willis (1949).
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34:, later known as the
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2239:Gustavus Blin-Wright
2132:Hudson's Bay Company
553:Charles Vance Millar
534:bridge at Mile 141 (
153:BC Express stage at
2198:Allied Shipbuilders
2137:Union Steamship Co.
1003:Cariboo Gold Rush.
992:J. B. Kerr (1890).
983:(online ed.).
845:Downs, Art (1971).
710:Downs, Art (1971).
567:The wreck of the BX
414:The captain of the
389:The captain of the
102:In December, 1861,
2534:Retired BC ferries
2224:Frank P. Armstrong
2032:Retired BC ferries
1967:Queen of the North
1591:Isabella McCormack
1107:Upper Fraser River
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1359:Princess Adelaide
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397:, an experienced
342:The sternwheelers
336:South Fort George
63:Cariboo Gold Rush
32:Barnard's Express
16:Transport company
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