About: La Porte, British Columbia

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La Porte was a boomtown in British Columbia, Canada, during the Big Bend Gold Rush.The site at the foot of the Dalles des Morts, or Death Rapids, was chosen as the location of a ferry and town on April 23, 1866, during the first voyage of the steamboat Forty-Nine up the Columbia River.The name reflected its role as the gateway to the mines. By 1871, engineer Walter Moberly returned from a survey trip to report that a single resident remained at La Porte. And by 1885 all of the houses were in ruins.

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  • La Porte was a boomtown in British Columbia, Canada, during the Big Bend Gold Rush.The site at the foot of the Dalles des Morts, or Death Rapids, was chosen as the location of a ferry and town on April 23, 1866, during the first voyage of the steamboat Forty-Nine up the Columbia River.The name reflected its role as the gateway to the mines. By 1871, engineer Walter Moberly returned from a survey trip to report that a single resident remained at La Porte. And by 1885 all of the houses were in ruins. (en)
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  • La Porte was a boomtown in British Columbia, Canada, during the Big Bend Gold Rush.The site at the foot of the Dalles des Morts, or Death Rapids, was chosen as the location of a ferry and town on April 23, 1866, during the first voyage of the steamboat Forty-Nine up the Columbia River.The name reflected its role as the gateway to the mines. By 1871, engineer Walter Moberly returned from a survey trip to report that a single resident remained at La Porte. And by 1885 all of the houses were in ruins. (en)
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  • La Porte, British Columbia (en)
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