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Cariboo Wagon Road

Constructed between 1862 and 1865 at a cost of $1,500,000, the 400 mile Cariboo Road was the best and most used of several routes into the Cariboo gold fields. Until 1885 the road began at Yale, the head of steam navigation on the Fraser, and aimed tosecure all trade for that river, thus excluding American competition. Intended to reduce the cost of goods in the mining area, and to encourage British immigrants and capitalists to come there, the road put the colony deeply into debt.

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(la) Route Cariboo

Construit entre 1862 et 1865 au coût de $1 500 000, le chemin de Cariboo, d’une longueur de 400 miles, était l’accès le plus facile et le plus courant aux terrains aurifères de Cariboo. Jusqu’en 1885, ce chemin partait de Yale, terminus de la navigation sur le Fraser. Conçu pour éliminer la concurrence américaine sur le fleuve, réduire le prix des marchandises dans la zone minière et y attirer les immigrants et capitalistes britanniques, le chemin obéra les finances de la colonie.

Location: beside Fraser River - near Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Yale
Emplacement : près de la rivière Fraser et la Gare du Canadian Pacific Railway, Yale
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 49.561266, -121.431721
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
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