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Hagwilget Canyon Bridge

Hagwilget Canyon Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Hagwilget Canyon on the Bulkley River, at the Wet'suwet'en village of Hagwilget, British Columbia. The current bridge was constructed in 1931, and later reinforced in 1990.

Three previous bridges spanned the same location, the first constructed by Wet'suwet'en people, generations before white settlement. The Wet'suwet'en later reinforced their wooden-pole bridge using cable abandoned after the disbandment of the Russian–American Telegraph expedition.

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References

  1. ^ Michael Kluckner. "Vanishing B.C. Hagwilget Bridge". Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Frontier to Freeway: A short illustrated history of roads in British Columbia" (PDF). British Columbia Ministry of Transportation. 2001. OCLC 612571448. Retrieved September 13, 2018.

55°15′27″N 127°36′16″W / 55.2575°N 127.6044°W / 55.2575; -127.6044