Short Answer Questions - A

1. Once a year they went north taking supplies and trade goods to the trappers, and then once a year they came south bringing the furs.
2. A pack train is a group of pack horses and men.
3. In 1846 the U.S. border was drawn at the 49 th parallel. This made Fort Okanogan and Fort Vancouver part of American territory. The Hudson’s Bay Company, a British company, did not want to travel through the U.S.
4. They were transporting food, tools, and goods to the Cariboo to sell to the miners.
5. Father Pandosy
6. To collect taxes from the gold miners & provide supplies for them.
7. Rough terrain
8. Fur Brigade Trail, Allison Trail, Pandosy Trail, Dewdney Trail
9. Hope-Princeton Highway
10. W.A.C. Bennett
11. Between Revelstoke and Golden. Part of the Trans-Canada Hwy.
12. It is a floating bridge because the lake was too deep for the supports needed for a fixed bridge. It has a lift span so tall boats can go under it. The lift span can be raised 60 feet.
13. The Connector cost $225 million to build. It opened in 1990.
14. To keep deer and moose off the highway and allow them to roam freely through underpasses.

Short Answer Questions - B

1. Fur Brigade Trail and Okanagan Brigade Trail
2. Started in Fort Vancouver and ended in Fort St. James
3. Tom McKay
4. 20 miles
5. Castor oil
6. Corduroy road
7. From Princeton to Okanagan Lake
8. Ford Model T
9. 15 mph
10. 1,000 miles
11. Phil Gaglardi