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The present-day Municipality of Jasper is located on Treaty 6 and 8 Territories. For as long as we know, a diversity of Indigenous Peoples used this land as a meeting ground, gathering place, travelling route and home. Over 26 Indigenous Partners remain connected to this area presently.History of the LandThe first recorded European to visit the Athabasca Valley was Surveyor David Thompson in ...
The cabins built later by local Métis families helped establish Jasper’s cabin-loving culture. In 1907, the government protected the area as Jasper Forest Park, just as Canada’s second transcontinental rail line was set to pass through and foster the hamlet of Fitzhugh. The town grew, was renamed Jasper, and soon began welcoming tourists ...
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The Jasper Welcome Sign at the north entrance to town, 2022. Jasper, 1920. Established in 1813, Jasper House was first a fur trade outpost of the North West Company, and later Hudson's Bay Company, on the York Factory Express trade route to what was then called "New Caledonia" (now British Columbia) and Fort Vancouver on the lower Columbia River. [5]
Mar 30, 2008 · Jasper, Alta, incorporated as a specialized municipality in 2001, population 4051 (2011c), 4265 (2006c). The Municipality of Jasper is located at the junction of the Miette and Athabasca rivers in Jasper National Park, 362 km west of Edmonton. The municipality of Jasper, created by the province of Alberta 20 July 2001, assumed responsibility ...
Access by road to Edmonton, some 225 miles / 360 miles to the east, became possible by 1931, while the Icefields Parkway, linking Jasper with Banff and the Banff National Park, 180 miles / 290 km to the south, was opened in 1940. However, by 1826, the use of the pass by fur traders was in decline.
Jul 7, 2023 · The sort of unofficial motto of Jasper — and I'm going back 30 years and more — was ‘Not Another Banff’. Banff, a town of 9,600 residents, sees around 4.5 million tourists annually. Jasper ...
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The expanse now known as Jasper National Park has been inhabited since ancient times by Nakoda, Cree, Secwépemc, and Dane-zaa peoples. Evidence such as Plainview projectile points at the head of Jasper Lake, dating back to 8000-7000 BCE, attests to the enduring connection with this land. Over centuries, the indigenous peoples adapted land use ...
