Cariboo Road
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The Great North Road was a project initiated in 1860 by the Governor of the Colony of British Columbia, James Douglas. It was built in response to the Cariboo Gold Rush to facilitate settlement of the
A portion of the Cariboo Road just above Yale, circa 1867–1868
Cariboo Road along the Thompson River at the Great Bluff, 1867
Barkerville
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Barkerville was the main town of the Cariboo Gold Rush in British Columbia, Canada, and is preserved as a historic town. It is located on the north slope of the Cariboo Plateau near the Cariboo Mounta
Cariboo Road
…in response to the Cariboo Gold Rush to facilitate settlement of the area by miners. It involved a feat of engineering stretching from Fort Yale to Barkerville, B.C. through extremely hazardous canyon territory in the Interior of British Columbia. It was a precursor to British Columbia Highway 97, which largely…
Barkerville's main street, 2012
Barkerville (1865)
Gold nugget from Emery Gulch, near Barkerville. Weight 35 g (1.2 oz).
St. Saviour's Anglican Church