June 7 & 8, 2016
A visit to the Heritage Park Village gave us a good
background about the history of the area.
A young college student, Madaline, gave a personalize tour of the
original and reconstructed buildings representing the living and business
accommodations during that period. We
joked with her that a lot of the antiques look much more familiar to us than to
her.
NISGA’A MEMORIAL LAVA BEDS
Another day trip took us to the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Beds
Provincial Park. These lava beds
resulted from an eruption only about 200 years ago. It killed about 2000 native people, wiped out
many villages, and changed the course of the river. It was interesting to us, that there are
already lichen and flowers growing on the lava beds. At Craters of the Moon National Monument in
Idaho, it took thousands of years for anything to start growing, due to the
drier climate.
A very interesting museum displayed artifacts from the First
Nation culture of the area. Totems,
masks, robes, and tools were recovered from archeological digs. We have found that the best way to enjoy
these points of interest is to join or ask for a tour. The guides can provide so much more
information and anecdotes that printed plaques.
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