Cariboo Road

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Cariboo Road was a historic wagon route in British Columbia built to access the remote goldfields during the Cariboo Gold Rush.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic wagon road ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ
associatedWith Barkerville Historic Town ⓘ
linked to: Barkerville

Fraser Canyon ⓘ
builtBy Colonial government of British Columbia ⓘ
builtFor British colonial authorities in British Columbia ⓘ
builtUnder Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) ⓘ
category Gold rush trails and roads ⓘ
Historic roads in British Columbia ⓘ
connects coastal supply centres to interior goldfields ⓘ
constructionCost one of the most expensive public works of colonial British Columbia ⓘ
constructionEnd 1865 ⓘ
constructionMethod hand-built with blasting and grading ⓘ
constructionStart 1860 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
follows Fraser River ⓘ
hasRemnants visible road grades and heritage markers along modern highways ⓘ
heritageStatus recognized as a historic route in British Columbia ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cariboo Gold Rush ⓘ
influenced development of towns along its route ⓘ
infrastructureType overland road ⓘ
initiatedBy Governor James Douglas ⓘ
lengthApprox about 650 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
maintenanceBy road tolls during colonial period ⓘ
notableFeature steep grades and narrow benches above Fraser River canyons ⓘ
partOf Cariboo Wagon Road system ⓘ
linked to: Cariboo Road
passesThrough 100 Mile House ⓘ
Clinton ⓘ
Lytton ⓘ
Quesnel ⓘ
purpose to access the Cariboo goldfields ⓘ
to support the Cariboo Gold Rush ⓘ
replacedBy railway routes in late 19th century ⓘ
significance facilitated large-scale gold mining operations ⓘ
opened interior British Columbia to settlement ⓘ
status partly abandoned ⓘ
sections incorporated into modern Highway 97 ⓘ
terminus Barkerville ⓘ
Yale ⓘ
timeOfUse primarily 1860s–1880s ⓘ
transportMode horse-drawn wagons ⓘ
pack animals ⓘ
usedFor freighting supplies ⓘ
transporting miners ⓘ
wagon transport ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

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Cariboo Gold Rush → significantPlace → Cariboo Road ⓘ
Cariboo Gold Rush → associatedWith → Cariboo Wagon Road ⓘ
linked to: Cariboo Road
Burnaby Lake → adjacentTo → Cariboo Road ⓘ
Randolph Scott → notableWork → The Cariboo Trail ⓘ
linked to: Cariboo Road
Jim Davis → appearedIn → The Cariboo Trail ⓘ
linked to: Cariboo Road
Fort Alexandria → locatedOnRoute → Cariboo Wagon Road ⓘ
linked to: Cariboo Road
Cariboo Road → partOf → Cariboo Wagon Road system ⓘ
linked to: Cariboo Road
Lillooet → partOfHistoricRoute → Cariboo Road ⓘ
Lillooet → partOfHistoricRoute → Old Cariboo Road ⓘ
linked to: Cariboo Road
Lillooet → hasNearbyHistoricSite → Mile 0 of the Old Cariboo Road ⓘ
linked to: Cariboo Road
Central Interior of British Columbia → historicalUse → Cariboo Gold Rush route ⓘ
linked to: Cariboo Road
Hat Creek → locatedNear → Cariboo Road corridor ⓘ
linked to: Cariboo Road
Cariboo region → traversedBy → Cariboo Road ⓘ
BC Highway 26 → partOf → Cariboo Road corridor (historic route) ⓘ
linked to: Cariboo Road
Yale, British Columbia → partOf → Cariboo Road route ⓘ
subject linked to: Yale
linked to: Cariboo Road
Yale, British Columbia → startPointOf → Cariboo Road ⓘ
subject linked to: Yale
Fraser Canyon → historicalRoute → Cariboo Road ⓘ