Cariboo-Central Coast
Cariboo Regional District
Wells

Wells-Barkerville

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.
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  • Type: Village with 245 residents
  • Description: district municipality in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Wells”, “Wells, BC”, and “Wells, British Columbia”
  • Neighbors:

Wells-Barkerville

Latitude
53.1044° or 53° 6′ 16″ north
Longitude
-121.5724° or 121° 34′ 21″ west
Population
245
Elevation
1,204 metres (3,950 feet)
Open location code
945W4C3H+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 464733382
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6177949
Wiki­data ID
Q283718
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Wells-Barkerville” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wells”
  • Chinese: “韦尔斯”
  • Dutch: “Wells, British Columbia”
  • German: “Wells (British Columbia)”
  • German: “Wells”
  • Irish: “Wells”
  • Italian: “Wells”
  • Spanish: “Wells”
  • Swedish: “Wells, British Columbia”
  • Swedish: “Wells”
  • Ukrainian: “Веллс (Британська Колумбія)”
  • Ukrainian: “Веллс”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Wells-Barkerville”. Photo: Mike, CC BY-SA 2.0.