When the Klondike Gold Rush kicked off in the Yukon region of Canada, Nellie ventured there for herself in 1874 and set up a boarding house for miners in the midst of the Cassiar Mountains.

The B.C. Transportation Ministry announced on December 17 that the Cassiar Tunnel on Highway 1 will be temporarily closed in both directions, starting at 8 p.m. on Sunday (December 20) and will ...