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Quesnel Forks
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Quesnel Forks also simply known as "The Forks" or grandly known as "Quesnel City" is a ghost town in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located the junction of the Quesnel and Cariboo Rivers and is 160 km southeast of Quesnel and only 11 km northwest of Likely.
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Type: Ghost town
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Recommendation: drop everything - must see
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Half the town has been swept into the river over the past 8 years.
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long pants / sleeves
bug spray
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camera, binoculars, hiking boots
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Quesnel Forks was founded in 1860 and was a major supply center for the Cariboo Gold Rush. Between 1860 and 1862 it catered to 2,000 or more transient miners annually and a resident population of approximately 100. When gold was discovered on Antler, Lightning and Williams Creek, on the north side of the Snowshoe Plateau, prospectors and packers continued to use the route via Quesnel Forks until a decent trail system was established via the Quesnel and the Cottonwood rivers. The Quesnel Forks Bridge (initially a toll bridge) provided the only access to the village and the mining regions of Keithley Creek and the Snowshoe Plateau until the 1920s. However, when the Cariboo Wagon Road was completed in 1865, Quesnel Forks was bypassed and Barkerville became the major center of gold mining activity.
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Today, visitors to Quesnel Forks can explore the restored pioneer buildings and historic cemetery. Historical research and work projects began in the 1990s under the leadership of the Likely Cemetery Society and teacher/historian David Falconer. The cemetery area was cleared and secured, graves identified with headboards, and the Chee Kung Tong house stabilized with the assistance of local residents. Thanks to people like Brian Giesbrecht and his crew who have been restoring the old buildings to save them from a slow death into the soil and from the river which is slowly eating away at the banks of the ghost town (half the town has been swept into the river over the past 8 years).
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
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| Coolness |
9 / 10 |
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10 / 10 |
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Opheliaism on 1/24/2013 12:35 PM.
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on Jan 24 13 at 12:35, Opheliaism validated this location
on Jan 24 13 at 5:19, Forgotten BC made this location available
on Jan 24 13 at 5:18, Forgotten BC updated gallery picture Quesnel Forks
on Jan 24 13 at 5:18, Forgotten BC updated gallery picture Quesnel Forks
on Jan 24 13 at 5:18, Forgotten BC updated gallery picture Quesnel Forks
on Jan 24 13 at 5:18, Forgotten BC updated gallery picture Quesnel Forks
on Jan 24 13 at 5:18, Forgotten BC updated gallery picture Quesnel Forks
on Jan 24 13 at 5:18, Forgotten BC updated gallery picture Quesnel Forks
on Jan 24 13 at 5:18, Forgotten BC updated gallery picture Quesnel Forks
on Jan 24 13 at 5:18, Forgotten BC updated gallery picture Quesnel Forks
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