These include Fort Berens, Bralorne (a town that later struck it rich from 1932 to 1971, mining three million ounces of gold), Barkley Valley, Derby, Hill’s Bar and Parsonville. Other towns were established during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, but they are now vacant and considered ghost towns. Ghost towns of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush Vancouver Public Library Special Collections Historical Photographs The Golden Cache Mine, located on Cayoosh Creek west of Lillooet, is thought to hold one of the richest veins of gold, but a lack of results ended any investment in the mine. Gold mining still continues in the Lillooet area today, as well as prospecting for copper, silver and jade. Residents of Lillooet, however, still consider their town Mile 0 of the original wagon road and there is a monument in town to commemorate this. Main Street was tied into the original Cariboo Wagon Road, until construction began on the modern-day Cariboo Wagon Road that leads from Yale to Barkerville via Ashcroft. The town was one of the main centres of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush.Īfter the gold rush ended, Royal Engineers came in to survey the town and changed the layout to what you see today. Lillooet has an extensive history when it comes to gold mining. It was also known for its lawlessness and violence. During its heyday, Yale was named the largest town north of San Francisco and west of Chicago, with a peak population of about 16,000. With miners staking their claims along the Fraser Canyon region, the town of Yale boomed.
Yale Special Collections Historical Photographs Within a month, about 30,000 people had flooded in. This restriction was an immigration control put in place by governor James Douglas. At the time, Victoria was a small town of about 500. Those heading to the colony of British Columbia were legally obligated to enter through Victoria. Miners and their families traveled from far and wide to try their hand at panning for gold in the north. It began in 1857, just as the gold rush in California was winding down. The Fraser Canyon Gold Rush was the first major gold rush B.C. Fraser Canyon Gold Rush Victoria Vancouver Public Library Special Collections Historical Photographs, 1871 Some of these towns boomed, while others only lasted as long as the prospectors remained in the area. With the influx of miners and their families, as well as entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on the miners’ new prosperity, new towns sprung up across the province. British Columbia experienced several gold rushes throughout the latter half of the 1800s – some large, some small.
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