Today, conversations such as this one take place all the time. People can easily drive from the Okanagan Valley to the West Coast for business or pleasure. The completion of the Hope-Princeton Highway in 1949, the Trans-Canada Highway in 1962, the Coquihalla Highway in 1986, and the Coquihalla Connector in 1990 make travel between the Okanagan Valley and Vancouver a short journey. However, travel in British Columbia and the Okanagan Valley was not always this easy. There were no roads in the Okanagan Valley in the early 1800s. The only trails in the area were those made by the First Nations people. Even in the early 1900s, land transportation was far different than it is today. The roads were primitive, and the vehicles were mainly horses and wagons. So how did we get from rough trails to super highways? Well, it all began with the Hudson’s Bay Fur Brigade Trail.