Wells-Barkerville
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.
Photo: Skookum1, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barkerville.
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 6 km southeast of Wells-Barkerville.
Wells-Barkerville
- Categories: district municipality, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Cariboo-Central Coast, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
53.1044° or 53° 6′ 16″ north
Longitude
-121.5724° or 121° 34′ 21″ west
Population
218
Elevation
1,204 metres (3,950 feet)
Open location code
945W4C3H+Q3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“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”
- Urdu: “ویلز، برٹش کولمبیا”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Red Gulch and McArthur Gulch.
Cariboo-Central Coast: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Williams Lake and Quesnel.
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