Barkerville
Ghost town · Canada
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1862
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 53.066, -121.517
Why it was abandoned
⛏️ Gold rush
Detected automatically from the text: Barkerville was the main town of the Cariboo Gold Rush in British Columbia, Canada, and is preserved as a historic town.
History
Barkerville was the main town of the Cariboo Gold Rush in British Columbia, Canada, and is preserved as a historic town. It is located on the north slope of the Cariboo Plateau near the Cariboo Mountains 80 kilometres (50 mi) east of Quesnel. BC Highway 26, which follows the route of the Cariboo Wagon Road, the original access to Barkerville, goes through it.