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The Gold Rush Trail ...


In the mid 1800's, the Original Gold Rush Trail was built to access the Goldfield's of BC's interior by foot, wagon, or mule train... an upgrade to the original trail was commenced in 1862; the new road being known as the "Cariboo Road"... the upgrade would allow even more prospectors to access the BC's Goldfields, and it essentially opened up the area for European settlement at the same time.

In it's early days, parts of the Gold Rush Trail were amazing feats of bare-bones engineering, as the builders regularly bridged what seemed like nearly impossible paths along the steep and treacherous walls of the Fraser Canyon.

In the very early days of the Gold Rush, there were actually a couple slightly variant routes used to transit from the Greater Vancouver area to the Goldfields... some early prospectors came into BC by land, while others came into BC by water, and once in the lower-mainland, some traveled north via the Fraser River through the lower portions of the Fraser Canyon, while others avoided the lower Fraser Canyon by traveling the Harrison Lake/Port Douglas route to Lillooet (before proceeding north along the Fraser River).

Today, little remains of the original trail, however, many of the old towns that did develop along with the Gold Rush are still located along its route... several of these town have museums, historical displays, and even public gold panning claims for those seeking to re-trace an amazing history.

See search results for Gold Rush Trail photo's and video's below ... related links:  BC GhostTowns.com, BC Hertiage.ca, Cayoosh.net, ExploreGoldCountry.com, GhostTownsCanada.com, LandWithoutLimits.com, QuesnelMuseum.ca, TravelTheCanyon.com,

 

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BC Gold Rush Video's ...

Video: Intro to the BC Gold Rush 1 ...

 

Video: Intro to the BC Gold Rush 2 ...

 

Video: Intro to the BC Gold Rush 3 ...

 

Video: Gold Rush at Yale BC, 1858 ...

 

Video: 83 Mile House ... A Stop Along the Gold Rush Trail ...

 

Video: How to Properly Work a Gold Pan ...




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