Talk:Bighorn, British Columbia

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Not in BCGNIS

Don't know why not, it's a well-established name on Highway One - it's the place with the dome on it, at that one dangerous curve and rail underpass/overpass. Near Shaw Springs....must be another source for this somewhere, maybe TNRD.Skookum1 (talk) 08:01, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Background

Proximity to Spences Bridge and no mention in the timetables suggests as never having been an official flag stop. Prior to the highway being realigned to bypass the settlement on the west, a popular autocamp existed.
(https://arch.tnrl.ca/pages/search/index.html?browse=false&s=Spences&f_pub=-1&f_year=1945&f_month=7&f_day=6 A1)
(https://www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com/community/in-1946-the-big-horn-auto-camp-near-spences-bridge-gets-a-pool-5867613 narrative mid-article) DMBanks1 (talk) 15:07, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In 1933, a child was bitten by the chained bear. (https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/490559164/?match=1&terms="Spences") DMBanks1 (talk) 21:27, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]