Unearthing British Columbia’s mysterious Spanish roots

[bill barilko]

Unearthing B.C.’s mysterious Spanish roots
Spain has no record of any lost expeditions in Canada, but an old sword and shipwrecks suggest an early presence in the Okanagan

Long before Captain James Cook sailed along the West Coast in 1778, laying the foundation for England’s claim to what is now British Columbia, Spanish explorers were attacked and killed by natives in the Okanagan Valley.

That is the legend, at least. The story has circulated like an urban myth in British Columbia’s interior for over a century, making its way into local tourism brochures and regional history books despite a lack of scientific proof.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Oh, I thought that this would be about the itinerant Mexican fruit pickers in the Interior.

 

[bill barilko]

Oh, I thought that this would be about the itinerant Mexican fruit pickers in the Interior.

That's because you're an infamous ignoramus

1-Mexicans are not 'Spanish'

2-those fruit pickers are contracted not itinerant

I actually met some of them last year when I was working @ YVR-a very decent bunch of guys

 

[Curious Cdn]

That's because you're an infamous ignoramus

1-Mexicans are not 'Spanish'

2-those fruit pickers are contracted not itinerant

I actually met some of them last year when I was working @ YVR-a very decent bunch of guys

WOAH! Who pissed in your cornflakes, this morning?

Did I say that I had anything against Mexican farm labourers?

P.S Some Mexicans are a bit Spanish. Some are a lot. Most are pure Mayan, Aztec, Ananazi.

 

[pgs]

Unearthing B.C.’s mysterious Spanish roots
Spain has no record of any lost expeditions in Canada, but an old sword and shipwrecks suggest an early presence in the Okanagan

Long before Captain James Cook sailed along the West Coast in 1778, laying the foundation for England’s claim to what is now British Columbia, Spanish explorers were attacked and killed by natives in the Okanagan Valley.

That is the legend, at least. The story has circulated like an urban myth in British Columbia’s interior for over a century, making its way into local tourism brochures and regional history books despite a lack of scientific proof.

Well the Spanish explored the western continent out of Arizona and artifacts have been found throughout the west .As well their ships explored up into Alaska it is not hard to imagine exploration being conducted by them at the same time .
Remember to Spain ,America was a land to be pillaged for gold and silver ,and they were constantly on the lookout for both .

 

[darkbeaver]

Russian Horde stuff.

Russians owned all the land past central Americas even, check out Alaskas history.

 

[bill barilko]

Russian Horde stuff.Russians owned all the land past central Americas even, check out Alaskas history.

Yet more idiotic Bee Ess from the usual suspect.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Yet more idiotic Bee Ess from the usual suspect.

Is there anyone else that you haven't crapped on, Sunshine?

 

[darkbeaver]

Bill brings up a valid point, yes I could be a self radicalized individual strapped withs bombs, except for my habits, sunshine is all I care about

 

[damngrumpy]

Actually there is considerable clues around in the valley let me explain.
Near Keromeos area there are pictographs that depict the visitors and
where they went before this happened. Apparently according to legend
the Spanish soldiers went north to an area just north of what is n ow
Kelowna BC and established a fort for the winter. When they first came
to the south of the valley they got on for a while then used fire sticks or
guns and took some captives to carry stuff north.
Many of them died over the winter and they were then attacked and killed.
The story goes they were buried under what is called the Spanish mound
and it has not been found.
Interesting in that over a hundred years ago some of the native elders had
had personal decoration pieces that were clearly Spanish design. In addition
it is said when settlers who first came to the Central Okanagan found the
decayed ruins of an old fort built many years before. I had an acquaintance
who was a historian and at one time a cabinet minister in the BC Government
that told some stories about this event as well.
Very interesting indeed I have also written a poetic story about this for an upcoming
book of poems and poetic stories. thanks for bringing this up

Oh and they were Spanish Explorers so the story goes
And Spain ruled Mexico back at that time

 

[Kreskin]

http://govlet.ca/en/pdf/timeLine.pdf

 

[damngrumpy]

From what I have heard this event is believed to have happened in
the seventeen hundreds. White settlers came in the 1860's so the
fort would be falling apart if built a long time before that

 

[petros]

If there were Spanish they definitely didn't make it out alive and same goes for beave's Pedigree Siberian hamsters.

The gold wouldn't have been in the creeks until 1858 had anyone really ventured inland.

 

[damngrumpy]

some actually believe it was a land expedition as other pictographs have
similar images dating back around the same time. There would be no
record if the whole works were killed and they likely were looking for the
unknown in a wilderness gold was always there not found yet anyway.

 

[Curious Cdn]

So, Juan de Fuca wasn't a randomly generated name, after all.

 

[bill barilko]

Actually there is considerable clues around in the valley let me explain.
Near Keromeos blah, blah, blah, blah.....

That's all in the article as anyone who's read it knows.

 

[Ludlow]

That's because you're an infamous ignoramus

1-Mexicans are not 'Spanish'

2-those fruit pickers are contracted not itinerant

I actually met some of them last year when I was working @ YVR-a very decent bunch of guys

Some Mexicans display more of the Spanish blood than the native American blood in that some of them like to steal shyt.

The Spanish are well known to take shyt that doesn't belong to them much like the British.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Some Mexicans display more of the Spanish blood than the native American blood in that some of them like to steal shyt.

The Spanish are well known to take shyt that doesn't belong to them much like the British.

Shyte like Mexico, Columbia, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Equador, Guatamala,.....