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Cariboo

"I can never love the Cariboo enough for all she gave to me. Mounted on a cowpony I roamed the land, not knowing where I went -- to be alive, going, that was enough." - Emily Carr

The Cariboo was a land born of dreams... dreams of discovery, yellow dust and instant riches. In 1862, Billy Barker found gold on Williams Creek, a discovery that started a rush of adventurers from around the world. Between 1862 and 1870, over 10,000 people traversed the Cariboo Waggon Road. From Lillooet to Barkerville, they traveled north and towns sprung up in their wake.

The rush for gold soon waned, but not the trek of discovery into the Cariboo. People from all over the world still venture here -- following the footsteps of the expeditions that went before. It is still a land of golden dreams with summer images of golden rolling pastures where horses graze, forest meadows filled in spring with golden flowers, and in autumn's lazy light with the golden leaves of trembling aspen and willow brush.

A journey through the Cariboo follows routes hewn from rugged wilderness by those who went before. The journey is easier now, travelers enjoy amenities of every kind; excellent accommodations, from luxury resorts to quaint lakeside cabins; cities and towns that offer all your service needs; and fine dining and shopping. You will make many friends on your journey, from its beginning to its end. So bring your binoculars, your camera, your nature guide books and let your journey begin.

Travelling from:

Vancouver

Trans-Canada Hwy.1 Fraser Canyon to Cache Creek & Cariboo Hwy.97 north or Sea to Sky Highway (#99) over the magnificent Duffy Lake Road to Lillooet, Clinton, 100 Mile House, Williams Lake, and Quesnel. Rocky Mountaineers "Whistler Mountaineer" from North Vancouver to Whistler and the "Fraser Discovery Route" train to Quesnel.

Central Mountain Air and Pacific Coastal Airlines have daily flights to Williams Lake and Quesnel

Vancouver Island
BC Ferries from Port Hardy to Bella Coola and Hwy.20.

Jasper & Kamloops
Yellowhead Hwy.5 to Interlakes Hwy.24.

Prince George
(Hwy.97) south to Quesnel. Flights from Prince George.