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Events to explore the history of Wells Gray Park

Roland Neave will lead a guided bus tour of southern Wells Gray Park, with commentary on the park’s place names

Roland Neave, author of Exploring Wells Gray Park, will be leading two upcoming Wells Gray World Heritage events.

This coming Saturday, July 20, Neave will lead a guided bus tour of southern Wells Gray Park, with commentary on the park’s place names (for example, Flourmill Creek was originally Four Mile Creek. The mapmakers in Victoria decided there were already too many Four Mile Creeks and so juggled the letters around to create Flourmill.

The bus will depart Kamloops at 7:30 a.m. and pick up Clearwater passengers at the Infocenter at 9:15.

Bring a lunch and refreshments. Cost is $45 per person, including transport from Kamloops or Clearwater and GST.

For reservations, please call Wells Gray Tours: 250-374-0831 or 800-667-9552. Call early, as space is limited!

Proceeds from this tour will be used to support Wells Gray World Heritage Year.

On Wednesday, July 24, Neave will lead a tour called In the Steps of Surveyor, Robert Lee.

The tour will commemorate the first recorded sighting of Helmcken Falls by a European exactly 100 years earlier to the day.

 

Along the way you’ll hear the story of surveyor Robert Lee, who spent four summers in the Clearwater Valley starting in 1911. A highlight will be a two-hour hike to the brink of Helmcken, following Lee’s route of 100 years ago. Meet at 10 a.m. at the Upper Clearwater Community Hall, 25 km north of Clearwater, and be prepared to drive or car-pool. Admission by donation.