Barkerville Historic Town & Park
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.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Saviour’s Anglican Church and Chee Kung Tong Building.
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.
Chee Kung Tong Building
Building
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 330 metres southwest of Barkerville Historic Town & Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wells-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 Historic Town & Park
- Type: Museum
- Categories: tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
53.06808° or 53° 4′ 5″ northLongitude
-121.51647° or 121° 30′ 59″ westOpen location code
945W3F9M+6COpenStreetMap ID
way 94666787OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wesleyan Methodist Church and Barkerville Post Office.
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