TETE JAUNE CACHE, BRITISH COLUMBIA

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'Tete Jaune Cache' is a town in British Columbia Canada. Population: 500.[1]
It is located on the Fraser River in the Robson Valley at the intersection of Yellowhead Highway 5 and Yellowhead Highway 16.
Distance from Jasper, Alberta : 101 km
Distance from Prince George: 241 km
Distance from Kamloops: 332 km

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History

Literature and References

History

Tete Jaune Cache was named after a fur trader and trapper named Pierre Hastination who guided for the Hudson's Bay Company in the early 1800s. Pierre was nicknamed Tête Jaune by the French voyageurs because of his blonde hair. (Tete Jaune means yellow head in French). During the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Tete Jaune Cache was a prosperous community of 3000 people and was the head of navigation for the paddle steamers of Foley, Welch and Stewart and the BC Express Company.

Literature and References

★ ''Pack Saddles To Tete Jaune Cache'', by James G MacGregor

★ ''New Rivers of the North'' by Hulbert Footner