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Bolton Expedition 1896
Cliffe Glacier
Clinton Wood
Comox Glacier
Comox Glacier 1922
Comox Glacier 1925
Comstock Mtn
Conuma Peak
Copper King Mine
Crown Mtn
Elkhorn 1912
Elkhorn 1949
Elkhorn 1968
Eugene Croteau
Golden Bullets
Golden Hinde 1913/14
Golden Hinde 1937
Golden Hinde 1983
Harry Winstone Tragedy
Jack Mitchell
Jim Mitchell Tragedy
John Buttle
Judges Route
Koksilah's Silver Mine
Landslide Lake
Mackenzie Range
Malaspina Peak
Mariner Mtn
Marjories Load
Matchlee Mountain
Mount McQuillan
Mt. Albert Edward
Mt. Albert Edward 1927
Mt. Albert Edward 1938
Mt. Becher
Mt. Benson 1913
Mt. Benson
Mt. Doogie Dowler
Mt. Colonel Foster
Mt. Hayes/Thistle Claim
Mt. Maxwell
Mt. Sicker
Mt. Tzouhalem
Mt. Whymper
Muqin/Brooks Peninsula
Nine Peaks
Queneesh
Ralph Rosseau 1947
Rosseau Chalet
Ralph Rosseau Tragedy
Rambler Peak
Red Pillar
Rex Gibson Tragedy
Sid's Cabin
Steamboat Mtn
Strathcona Park 1980's
The Misthorns
The Unwild Side
Victoria Peak
Waterloo Mountain 1865
Wheaton Hut/Marble Meadows
William DeVoe
Woss Lake
You Creek Mine
Zeballos Peak

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The mid to late 1980's were a period of civil unrest in Strathcona Provincial Park. During the summer of 1987, Cream Silver Mines LTD. were given the rights, by the provincial government, to mineral claims at Cream Lake. In Febraury 1988, a blockade, organized by the Friends of Strathcona Park, was set up at the end of Buttle Lake to protest about further mining activities in Strathcona Park. By the end of the summer 64 people had been arrested for civil disobedience and a Minister in the Vander Zalm government was found to be in a 'conflict of interest'. This was the first time anyone in Canada was arrested for protection a park. Below are some of the newspaper articles that give an idea of what happened during that period. Aerial lifts and copters predicted in Strathcona Strathcona Park plan revealed Pillage of oldest park 'will continue' Seven protesters arrested The 'brutalizing' of Strathcona has pioneers speaking Strathcona Park supporters begin summer-long camp-in New mines banned at Strathcona Park Such righteous zeal in bashing Strathcona 64 Park activists go free Strathcona fans blast province for lack of action Strathcona's size still riles activists Map to come.

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