Lone Butte

Located southeast of 100 Mile House, Lone Butte was once the Cariboo's largest town, and a busy centre for the ranchers who settled in the area from the turn of the century to the 1950's. At that time, Lone Butte was much bigger than 100 Mile House, with stockyards, lumber mills, and the Lone Butte Hotel, which dated back to the 1920's. Unfortunately, this heritage hotel was destroyed by fire in January 1998.

Lone Butte today is a quiet little town with a BC Railway station, cafes, restaurants, shops, and a rather impressive log pub. At the centre of countless lakes providing great swimming, boating and fishing, Lone Butte has numerous resorts, guest ranches and campgrounds to offer the visitor.

The community's wooden water tower beside the railway tracks is one of the last existing structures of its kind in BC, built in 1920 to service the steam locomotives of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.

The "Butte" in Lone Butte is the hardened plug of an ancient volcano. Hikers can climb the 250 foot-high butte for a panoramic view of the surrounding area.

Rise above the rest, at the Mt. Begbie Lookout, 16 kilometres south of 100 Mile House, for excellent views as far as Wells Gray Park in the east and the Marble Range to the west.