GPS Project 2008
 THE
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES OF CANADA - WALK THE GROUND
Join
us. We aim to put Canada's National Historic Sites on
commercial maps. Mark plaques as waypoints, grab your coordinates
at the site, write a street location, send your
photos of favourite or newly discovered sites
for the database to our News Desk.
Some
contributions are listed as examples below. Also,
see the technically non-CNHS
places we've
received.
*CHECK
GOVERNMENT
OF CANADA N.H.S. INDEX HERE*
ALSO!
Visit GroundSpeak's Waymarking
website for its "CNHS - True North Strong and Free" listings
of National Historic Sites: share and share alike. Find great,
interesting photos & stories, like a boy named Sue (Sewell
Prescott Moody, BC). |
Atlas
Coal Mine AB |
| There
are about 935 National Historic Sites in Canada. When
compiled, we plan to submit a complete dataset to electronic
mappers, paper mappers and whoever else publishes Points
of Interest on commercial road maps. |
NATIONAL
HISTORIC SITE |
DESCRIPTION |
GPS
COORDINATES |
STREET LOCATION |
PHOTO |
| AB.
Atlas
Coal Mine |
Atlas
No. 3 Coal Mine. Designated 2001, plaqued in 2005. -monica |
To
be fetched |
East Coulee, AB |
(above) |
| BC.
Craigellachie |
Last
Spike. Nov
7, 1885. (CPR) The work is completed. -Frank |
N50
58.505 W118 43.421, alt.1238’ |
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| BC.
Rogers
Pass |
Major
Albert Bowman finds a route in the Selkirks for the CPR
line across Canada. -Frank |
N51
17.847 W117 02.749, alt. 4171’ |
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| BC.
Spiral
Tunnels-CPR* |
Train
line coils perilously in Mount Ogden - extreme altitude drop
& gain in Yoho National Park. -Frank |
N51
25.881 W116 24.152, alt. 4828’ |
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Lock
21 - Peterborough Lift Lock. One of only two hydraulic lift locks
on the Waterway (other: Kirkfield), Lock 21 is the highest
hydraulic lift lock in the world. Opened on July 9, 1904. -David |
Still
to be fetched... |
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The
boyhood
home of William Lyon Mackenzie King (b. Dec17, 1874; d.Jul22,
1950). Longest serving and 10th Prime Minister of Canada. -Bruce |
43.463
degrees North and 80.480 degrees West
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528
Wellington Street North, Kitchener, ON |
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* On Tentative list for World Heritage Sites
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