Provincial Parks- Alexandra Provincial Park

Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park is a small park centered around the site of the original Caribou Wagon Road bridge over the Fraser River. The original bridge was constructed in 1861 by Joseph W. Trutch and named after Princess Alexandra of Wales. To recover the $45,000 construction cost for the 90 meter bridge, a toll of $7.40 per ton was charged. Today a second bridge, built in 1926, sits on the site of the original which was dismantled in 1912. The park was established in 1984. It provides both rest stop and picnic facilities for travelers. Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park is two kilometers north of Spuzzum and 40 km north of Hope. There is a hiking trail that can lead visitors down to the site of the old Alexandra Bridge. Part of this trail is remnant of the old highway from the 1920s. This trail is less than ? km in length one way. Fish passing through this area to tributaries of the Fraser include Pink, Chum, Spring, Coho and Sockeye. Anyone fishing or angling in British Columbia must have the appropriate license. The park is open April 28 to October 9.

old Alexandra lodge

Since 1858 there has always been a lodge or road house at the Chapman's Sandbar in the Fraser Canyon. This is only 4 years earlier of when the caribou wagon train was opened Originally it was thought that this building dated to 1864 and in the 1970's it was designated as the second most historic building in British Columbia, although it still remains a controversy weather or not sections of the lodge was indeed apart of the 1864 structure the Provincial Government Removed its historical status 10 years later. It is said that the current building was the third lodge constructed in the 1920's Currently this historic lodge is being used as a residence as it awaits restoration hopefully in the future. This site is located on the Trans Canada HYW on the east side of the Alexandra Provincial Park.