Williams Creek
Williams Creek is an important historical gold mining creek in the Cariboo goldfields of the Central Interior of British Columbia, entering the Willow River between Barkerville and the town of Wells, which is at the headwaters of the Willow River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chee Kung Tong Building and St. Saviour’s Anglican Church.
Chee Kung Tong Building
Historic site
Photo: Mike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Chee Kung Tong Building is a Canadian historic building in Barkerville, British Columbia. The building is a rare surviving example of Canadian Chinese benevolent society architecture. Chee Kung Tong Building is situated 4 km southeast of Williams Creek.
St. Saviour’s Anglican Church
Church
St. Saviour's Anglican Church is an historic one-storey rustic Carpenter Gothic Anglican church building located in the National Historic Site of Barkerville, British Columbia. St. Saviour’s Anglican Church is situated 4 km southeast of Williams Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wells-Barkerville and Barkerville.
Wells-Barkerville
Photo: Mike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wells is a small mining and tourist town in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. 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
Village
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 east of Quesnel. Barkerville is situated 4 km southeast of Williams Creek.
Williams Creek
- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Williams Creek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Williams Creek”
- Swedish: “Williams Creek”
- “Williams Creek”
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