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HISTORY OF THE FRASER VALLEY ..... HOPE, BC, CANADA

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  Collector postcard for historians shows the  1960s Canadian postcard of a Pacific 66 gas station (Canada's version of Phillips 66) next to the Winstrom Motel about 9 or 10 miles (16.09 km) north on Trans-Canada 1 of Hope, British Columbia. While the campground provided a shaded place for rest a cafĂ© provided a meal and/or coffee giving visitors a renewed energy and “Hope” for a good journey north.  Pacific 66 station/Winstrom Motel, Hope, BC     Tucked in a valley of some of the most gorgeous mountains in BC, giving promises of hunting, fishing, swimming, fruit, vegetables, honey, beeswax, and volumes of necessities as well as pleasures in nature.  A small town where the highways 1 TransCanada, 7 Lougheed, 3 Crows nest and the Internationally famous Coquihalla 5 HWY.   Maybe you're travelling to spend quality time with loved ones.  Better yet a place where you go to a future which you are going to create to be so glorious it's written in hi...