TETE JAUNE CACHE
Is a tiny settlement located on the Fraser River at the junction of Highways #5 and #16, which are both the Yellowhead in the scenic Robson Valley, 241 kilometers east of Prince George and 332 kilometers northeast of Kamloops. Tete Jaune Cache was named after a fur trader, by the name of Pierre Hastination, also a Hudson’s Bay Company guide in the early 1800s, He was nicknamed “Tete Jaune” because of his blonde hair (Tete Jaune is French for “yellow head”) and was allegedly known to have cached a fortune in furs nearby. Tete Jaune Cache prospered during construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1911 and had a booming population of 3,000 as paddleboat arrived up the Fraser River. Tete Jaune Cache was almost abandoned after the railway was constructed. Today, the hamlet is a logging and tourism community, especially with Mount Robson nearby.
TETE JAUNE CACHE'S POPULATION: ABOUT 500
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