Today the Yellowhead Pass is a valley corridor containing a highway and railway beside crystal clear rivers, through dense forests under rugged peaks links Jasper town site and the provincial border of British Columbia. In the past the low elevation made for easy movement for Indigenous peoples, fur trappers, railways and explorers. The name Yellowhead is the nickname of a fair-haired Metis-Iroquois-freeman named Bostonais, active here in the early 1800s.
Yellowhead Pass National Historic Site
Jasper, Alberta
- Type
- Park/Landscape
- Address
- Yellowhead Pass National Historic Site, Jasper National Park of Canada, AB, Canada
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- https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/ab/yellowhead
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Yellowhead Pass National Historic Site, Jasper National Park of Canada, AB, Canada
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