Princeton Cenotaph, original Canadian Legion building behind, Fire Dept. Hose Tower in background. Photo courtesy Princeton Museum The Long Road to a Memorial (1922–1926) The Cenotaph was completed in 1926, but its story begins four years earlier. In the early 1920s, Canada was still recovering from the economic aftershocks of the First World War. Princeton, […]
When I mention Phifer’s Fountain to my friends and neighbours, I get the same quizzical stare every time. “What’s that?” they say. It’s that big wooden thing over by the Chevron. “Oh yeah. What is it?” Read on. The “fountain’s” journey to Princeton started in 2001, when a Vancouver Sun article by John Mackie announced […]
Miner Mountain, just minutes from Princeton, British Columbia, has become one of the most closely watched exploration sites in the southern Interior. The project, wholly owned by Sego Resources, sits on the edge of town in the Quesnel Terrane — the same prolific geological belt that hosts the long‑running Copper Mountain Mine to the south. […]