About Us

The Huble Homestead is a historic site located in the Giscome Portage Regional Park and operated by the Huble Homestead / Giscome Portage Heritage Society. The Society’s mission is to establish a network of people committed to preserving and developing the history of the Huble Homestead, Giscome Portage, and surrounding area. Today the historic site is open daily from Victoria Day to Labour Day for guided tours, school and daycare programs, and special events.

The Huble Homestead / Giscome Portage Heritage Society was created in 1984 to preserve the Huble House on its original site. As a result the Giscome Portage Regional Park was established in 1986 and the Huble house was declared a designated heritage building by the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George.

 

After countless hours of work by dedicated volunteers, the site was officially opened as a living heritage site in 1989. Since that time the Society has successfully restored and reconstructed several heritage buildings significant to the area. The Society has realized many successes over the years. These include:

• the restoration of the homestead and trading post you see today

• the transcription and publication of the Huble Diaries

• the salvage and eventual reconstruction of the Salmon Valley Post Office building as an interpretive centre

• the attainment of Provincial Heritage Trail designation for the Giscome Portage

• the creation of a replica First Nations Fish Camp in partnership with the Lheidli T’enneh Band

• the purchase and installation of a headstone on Edward Seebach's grave

• the development and opening of the Seebach exhibit (the Seebach cabin)

• the publication of the Huble Children's Book Series