Difference between revisions of "McBride, British Columbia"

Latest revision as of 07:03, 20 March 2024

The McBride graticule is located at 53,-120 and covers the northern end of what locals call the Robson Valley. It includes a large chunk of the only inland rainforest in the world (including some stands of "antique" forests)[1], some of the western side of the Canadian Rockies, some of the Cariboo Range, part of the renowned Bowron Lakes canoe circuit, and the historic Goat River Trail [2]. The primary community is McBride but there are smaller settlements at Goat River, Loos, Crescent Spur, Walker Creek, and part of Dome Creek, most settled when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad punched through in the 1910s. [3]

Expeditions

2012-04-18 53 -120 - User:Dunstergirl succeeds at the first reported expedition in this graticule.

Achievements

dunstergirl earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (53, -120) graticule, here, on 2012-04-18.

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-{{graticule |map = <map lat="53" lon="-120" /> | n = [[Hart Ranges, British Columbia|Hart Ranges]] | s = [[Hendrix Lake, British Columbia|Hendrix Lake]] | ne = [[Nose Creek, Alberta|Nose Creek]] | se = [[Valemount, British Columbia|Valemount]] | nw = [[Sinclair Mills, British Columbia|Sinclair Mills]] | sw = [[Likely, British Columbia|Likely]] | e = [[Grande Cache, Alberta|Grande Cache]] | w = [[Barkerville, British Columbia|Barkerville]] | }}
+{{graticule
-This graticule is located at [[53,-120]]. [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=53&long=-120&zoom=9&abs=-1 Today's location]
+   | lat= 53
+   | lon= -120
+   | nw = [[Sinclair Mills, British Columbia|Sinclair Mills]]
+   | n  = [[Hart Ranges, British Columbia|Hart Ranges]]
+   | ne = [[Nose Creek, Alberta]]
+   | w  = [[Barkerville, British Columbia|Barkerville]]
+   | name = [[McBride, British Columbia|McBride]]
+   | e  = [[Grande Cache, Alberta]]
+   | sw = [[Likely, British Columbia|Likely]]
+   | s  = [[Hendrix Lake, British Columbia|Hendrix Lake]]
+   | se = [[Valemount, British Columbia|Valemount]]
+}}
+The McBride graticule is located at [[53,-120]] and covers the northern end of what locals call the Robson Valley. It includes a large chunk of the only inland rainforest in the world (including some stands of "antique" forests)[http://web.unbc.ca/~wetbelt/canopy-synopsis.htm], some of the western side of the Canadian Rockies, some of the Cariboo Range, part of the renowned Bowron Lakes canoe circuit, and the historic Goat River Trail [http://savethegoat.fraserheadwaters.org/history.html]. The primary community is McBride but there are smaller settlements at Goat River, Loos, Crescent Spur, Walker Creek, and part of Dome Creek, most settled when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad punched through in the 1910s. [https://geohashing.info/s/53,-120]
+==Expeditions==
+* [[2012-04-18 53 -120]] - [[User:Dunstergirl]] succeeds at the first reported expedition in this graticule.
+==Achievements==
+{{graticule unlocked | latitude = 53 | longitude = -120 | date = 2012-04-18 | name = [[User:dunstergirl|dunstergirl]]}}
+[[Category:British Columbia]]
 [[Category:Inactive graticules]]
-[[Category:British Columbia]]
+[[Category:Unlocked graticules]]

Sinclair Mills	Hart Ranges	Nose Creek, Alberta
Barkerville	McBride	Grande Cache, Alberta
Likely	Hendrix Lake	Valemount
Today's location: not yet announced