1835-1918+Catherine+Schubert

=Catherine Schubert= (Women in B.C. History - B.C. Archives time mechine: []) What: Where: Why:
 * Joined overlandders insearch of gold in 1858 in the Cariboo
 * pregnant during journey
 * only women overlander in 1862
 * Born in Ireland
 * used to be a maid in USA
 * moved to St.Paul, Minnesota on the Mississippi River wth husband.
 * moved again to fort Garry (now Winnipeg)
 * trek across the prairies and Rocky Mountains
 * traveled down the Thompson and Fraser River into B.C
 * Unsuccessful search for gold in Quesnel in 1881
 * She was the fist European women to enter B.C. overland from West Canada