Location of "the Cariboo" as a cultural/historical region, including the Chilcotin and Lillooet-Thompson areas
Location of the Cariboo Plateau proper
The Cariboo was the first region of the interior north of the lower Fraser River and its canyon to be settled by non-indigenous people, and played an important part in the early history of the colony and province. The boundaries of the Cariboo proper in its historical sense are debatable, but its original meaning was the region north of the forks of the Quesnel River and the low mountainous basins between the mouth of that river on the Fraser at the city of Quesnel and the northward end of the Cariboo Mountains, an area that is mostly in the Quesnel Highland and focused on several now-famous gold-bearing creeks near the head of the Willow River. The richest of them all, Williams Creek, is the location of Barkerville, which was the capital of the Cariboo Gold Rush and also of government officialdom for decades afterwards (it is now a museum town).
The Cariboo goldfields are underpopulated today but were once the most settled and most significant of the regions of interior British Columbia. As settlement spread southwards of this area, flanking the route of the Cariboo Road and spreading out through the rolling plateaus and benchlands of the Cariboo Plateau and lands adjoining it along the Fraser and Thompson rivers, the meaning changed to include a wider area than just the goldfields.
The grasslands of the Cariboo are home to the regionally endangered American badger (Taxidea taxus jeffersonii).
cariboo, other, uses, disambiguation, confused, with, caribou, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, p. For other uses see Cariboo disambiguation Not to be confused with Caribou This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Cariboo is an intermontane region of British Columbia Canada centered on a plateau stretching from Fraser Canyon to the Cariboo Mountains The name is a reference to the caribou that were once abundant in the region Location of the Cariboo as a cultural historical region including the Chilcotin and Lillooet Thompson areas Location of the Cariboo Plateau proper The Cariboo was the first region of the interior north of the lower Fraser River and its canyon to be settled by non indigenous people and played an important part in the early history of the colony and province The boundaries of the Cariboo proper in its historical sense are debatable but its original meaning was the region north of the forks of the Quesnel River and the low mountainous basins between the mouth of that river on the Fraser at the city of Quesnel and the northward end of the Cariboo Mountains an area that is mostly in the Quesnel Highland and focused on several now famous gold bearing creeks near the head of the Willow River The richest of them all Williams Creek is the location of Barkerville which was the capital of the Cariboo Gold Rush and also of government officialdom for decades afterwards it is now a museum town The Cariboo goldfields are underpopulated today but were once the most settled and most significant of the regions of interior British Columbia As settlement spread southwards of this area flanking the route of the Cariboo Road and spreading out through the rolling plateaus and benchlands of the Cariboo Plateau and lands adjoining it along the Fraser and Thompson rivers the meaning changed to include a wider area than just the goldfields The grasslands of the Cariboo are home to the regionally endangered American badger Taxidea taxus jeffersonii Contents 1 Name 2 Notable towns 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksName EditAs early as 1861 Governor Douglas used the name Cariboo to describe the area in dispatches to Britain 1 38 Notable towns EditNorth Cariboo Quesnel Wells Likely Barkerville McLeese LakeCentral Cariboo Williams Lake Horsefly 150 Mile House Lac La HacheSouth Cariboo 100 Mile House Forest Grove Interlakes Lone Butte 70 Mile House ClintonSee also EditCariboo Plateau Cariboo Gold RushReferences Edit Akrigg G P V Akrigg Helen B 1986 British Columbia Place Names 3rd 1997 ed Vancouver UBC Press ISBN 0 7748 0636 2External links EditInformation on the South Cariboo Archived 2018 08 21 at the Wayback Machine Coordinates 52 00 N 122 00 W 52 000 N 122 000 W 52 000 122 000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cariboo amp oldid 1082124710, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
