Barkerville

Barkerville was the main town of the Cariboo Gold Rush in , , and is preserved as a historic town. It is located on the north slope of the near the 80 kilometres east of .
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Barkerville, British Columbia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Saviour’s Anglican Church and Chee Kung Tong Building.

Church
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St. Saviour's Anglican Church is an historic one-storey rustic Carpenter Gothic Anglican church building located in the National Historic Site of Barkerville, .

Building
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The is a Canadian historic building in Barkerville, British Columbia. The building is a rare surviving example of Canadian Chinese benevolent society architecture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wells-Barkerville.

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Wells is a small mining and tourist town in the Cariboo region of . Barkerville is a ghost town 8 km east of Wells. It was the main centre of Cariboo Gold Rush, and the northern terminus of the Cariboo Wagon Road.

Barkerville

Latitude
53.06667° or 53° 4′ north
Longitude
-121.51668° or 121° 31′ west
Elevation
1,340 metres (4,396 feet)
Open location code
945W3F8M+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52553541
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5893064
Wiki­data ID
Q808269
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Barkerville” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “巴克维爾”
  • Czech: “Barkerville”
  • Dagbani: “Barkerville”
  • Dutch: “Barkerville, British Columbia”
  • Dutch: “Barkerville”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باركرفيل”
  • French: “Barkerville (Colombie-Britannique)”
  • French: “Barkerville”
  • German: “Barkerville”
  • Irish: “Barkerville”
  • Portuguese: “Barkerville”
  • Slovak: “Barkerville”
  • Spanish: “Barkerville”
  • Urdu: “بارکر ویل”
  • “Barkerville”

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