Civil Engineering Archives | Royal Engineer to Reeve: The Life and Times of Philip Jackman

Government House and the Royal Engineers Camp from the Fraser River, ca. 1862

The Government House (left) was the home of Colonel Moody until the Detachment’s disbandment.

Early view of New Westminster, between 1862 and 1866

A view of New Westminster taken from the south shore of the Fraser River.

A sketch of the Derby Townsite by Reverend William Crickmer, ca. 1859

Derby was the original location of the first Fort Langley Hudson’s Bay Company Fort, built in 1827.

The Cariboo Road, 1862: Royal Engineers Push Gold Route through Fraser Canyon

This painting was created by Rex Woods in 1967 as part of a Centennial series called Confederation Life.

Old Yale Road winding through the bush, ca. 1900

Photograph of an unknown portion of the Old Yale Road.

Plaque commemorating the Cariboo Wagon Road, 2017

This plaque was installed by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and is located along the Fraser River in Yale, BC.

The wagon road at the 17 mile post. Road to goldfields

Construction of the Cariboo Wagon Road began in 1862 and continued until 1865. It spanned roughly 650 kilometers, providing a route from Fort Yale to Barkerville. Two of […]

Portrait of Philip Jackman

This painting was made posthumously by a local artist in the Fraser Valley, BC.