Yellowhead Pass National Historic Site

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In the past the low elevation made for easy movement for Indigenous peoples, fur trappers, railways and explorers. The name Yellowhead is the nickname of a fair-haired Metis-Iroquois-freeman named Bostonais, active here in the early 1800s. </p></p> </div>  </div> <div class="container">  <div id="wb-cont-4"> <p></p> </div>  </div> <div class="container">   </div>   <div class="container">  <section class="row"> <div> <section class="gc-srvinfo col-xs-12 mrgn-bttm-xl col-md-12"> <div class="wb-eqht row"> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6"> <h3> <a class="pc-doormat" href="https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/ab/yellowhead/visit" rel="external">Plan your visit</a> </h3> <p>How to get to the Yellowhead Pass National Historic Site.</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6"> <h3> <a class="pc-doormat" href="https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/ab/yellowhead/info" rel="external">Stewardship and management</a> </h3> <p>Learn about site management at the Yellowhead Pass National Historic Site.</p> </div> </div> </section> </div> </section>   <div class="row mrgn-bttm-lg">  <div class="col-md-7">     <div class="row"> 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Alberta</p></p> <script> $(document).on("wb-ready.wb-geomap", "#location_map", function(event, map ) { // Get the map to use in zoomFeature function var myMap = map; // if reprojection is needed myMap.getView().setCenter(ol.proj.transform([-118.4515825, 52.8818422], "EPSG:4326", "EPSG:900913")); myMap.getView().setZoom(7); }); </script> </div>   <div class="col-md-5">  <div class=""> <h3 class="mrgn-tp-0 mrgn-bttm-md">Contact us</h3> <p> <a href="mailto:pc.jasperinfo@pc.gc.ca">jasperinfo@pc.gc.ca</a> </p> </div>   <div class=""> <h3 class="mrgn-tp-xl mrgn-bttm-md">Hours of operation</h3> <p>Always open</p> </div>   </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="container">  <div id="wb-cont-5"> <p></p> </div>  </div> <div class="container"> </div>  <section class="sites-nearby-list well well-sm brdr-0 mrgn-bttm-0" data-nosnippet=""> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <h2 class="col-lg-12 col-xs-12" property="name"> More places to discover with Parks Canada </h2> </div> <div class="row 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