World Renowned Entrance to Kibbee Lake chrisharris.com. Beautiful Bowron Lakes

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1 World Renowned Entrance to Kibbee chrisharris.com Beautiful Bowron s This beautiful provincial park, 32 km east of are available from several outfitters. Whitegold Barkerville is one of the top canoeing destinations. Portages help form a rectangular chain noe and ski trips from 1 day marsh tours to 8 Adventures offers the only locally guided ca- through spectacular mountain scenery, allowing canoeists to return to their starting point day circuits ( side lodges and campgrounds provide a six or seven days later. Shorter excursions are home base for your adventure. Rent a canoe available. The park is home to some of Canada s finest wildlife viewing opportunities. Bald for an hour or a week, or just relax by the lake. Catch your trout or Kokanee dinner from the eagles, moose, beavers, and bears are regularly seen from your canoe. Reservations with BC lake and BBQ over an open fire. Bowron in winter is equally spectacular. Take a winter s are required for overnight canoe trips. tour with an expert guide through the frozen Becker s Lodge offers chalets, cabins, camping and RV sites. Canoe rentals and lakes, grand winter vistas and cozy cabins. provisions 30

2 Take the road less travelled. Find sunken treasure. Likely Barkerville Wells goldrushcircleroute.ca British Columbia #goldrushcircleroute 31

3 The Gold Rush Circle Tour to Likely Likely is a small rural community of 350 people in the Cariboo Region, nestled in the foothills of the Cariboo ains. Likely is situated at the mouth of 100 km long Quesnel. The lake lays claim to being the deepest fjord lake in the world and the surrounding area is a part of the only inland temperate rainforest in the world, giving it a unique climate. Between 1896 and 1898, the river was dammed to allow mining of the Quesnel River bottom. As a result, the town that sprang up was known as Quesnelle Dam. When the post office was moved from Quesnel Forks in 1923, it was felt that a name change was due to better suit the town s new status. The town was renamed for John Plato Likely, a popular miner at the time. Facilities include a: school, community hall, museum and visitor centre, chapel, library, and post office. Amenities offered to visitors are general store, cafe, laundromat, pub, hotel, motel, B & B s and lodges. Guiding operations and guided tours are also available. Likely has numerous Rec Sites and a Class C Provincial. Facilities at the include boat access, camping, sani-dump, drinking water, baseball diamond and a children s play area. Cedar City Museum and the Visitor Information Centre are also located within the. Boat access beside the dock is paved. The Likely area is Positively Pristine! Likely has many crystal clear lakes and rivers. The surrounding area supports recreational activities such as snowmobiling, mountain biking, ATV trails, white water rafting, kayaking, and walking and hiking trails. The area is known for world-class fishing, hunting and outback camping. Likely is the gateway to the Cariboo ains. The Back Road 32

4 to Barkerville is the wilderness portion of the Williams /Wells/Barkerville/Quesnel Gold Rush Circle Route. This is a late-spring to fall season gravel road easily accessible by most vehicles. It is a very popular scenic trip that allows you to travel through sub-alpine meadows and view thundering waterfalls. All of this is surrounded by snow covered mountain ridges. The residents of Likely invite you to explore and experience their ghost towns, historic sites as well as view abundant wildlife and the opportunity to enjoy wilderness adventures. What happens in Likely? Floor Curling at the Likely Community Hall, winter Sunday afternoons, the local Rod and Gun Club hosts a Wild Game dinner every spring, on the Victoria Day Weekend you ll see a parade and celebration in downtown Likely, as well as the start of the annual Victoria Day Fishing Derby, which runs May long weekend from Saturday till Monday on Quesnel only with the weigh-ins at Cedar Point. Camp Likely is a favourite kids summer camp running from July to August. Camp Likely is a Bible-based children s summer camp. Info - The Unlikely Paddlefest is held on the third weekend in September, on Quesnel River and Quesnel. Paddlers worldwide converge on the hamlet of Likely for one of the best river rafting experiences of their lives. A spectacular Halloween Fireworks display at Cedar Point Provincial is always a Likely highlight. For complete details of the Likely area as well as camping and fishing info visit Cedar City Museum and Info Centre in Cedar Point, or go to Please respect our wilderness sites and trails. Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints. 33

5 THE LIKELY BACK ROAD Comet Falls, Wells 10 Barkerville Provincial Barkerville Conklin Jack-o-clubs Richfield Cameron Ridge, 8400 Likely Rabbit Rollie LIKELY i Quesnel Rollie Keithley Bowron Pleasant Valley Antler Grouse Kangaroo Wolverine Rec Site Cariboo River Poquette 1 Prosperine Burdett 2013m Snowshoe Keithley L A Yanks Peak 1904m K - S Asserlind 2 Cunningham Pass Guyet C 1925m Whisky Flat Rec Site X Nugget K B French Snowshoe Weaver Spanish Cariboo Falls Black Bear Spanish Four S Pine Cariboo Cedar Spanish Rec Cedar Point Site Prov. Spanish M 1570m J Cunningham Pass Collins Howley French Snowshoe Peak Spanish Tinsdale Cunningham Harvey Frank Wilby Crk. Borland C 2057m 3 X ATV Trail Cariboo Seller Roundtop Sixbee 2061m Cunningham Nolaka Middle Three Browntop 2030m Lostway Harveys Antler, 3100 PALMER RANGE Nolaka Badger Peak 2037m Cariboo River Tuckett Clair Ladies Rec Site Ladies Brew 2055m 1300 Roaring 9 I GOOSE RANGE Grain D 4 Kimble 8 Cariboo River Provincial 8400 Barker 2056m Bowron s Provincial Sandy Turks Nose Matthew 2499m River E G Barkers 3100 Lanezi Matthew River Comet Falls B Kimball 2181m Kimball Upper Ghost Falls Little River Ishkloo Ishkloo, 8400 Lyne s Cabin, Keithley Kaza 2499m Ishpa 2530m F G Connection Maeford Three Ladies 2186m Marten i M 7 Cariboo ain Provincial Ghost Ghost Falls Matthew 2595m 5 Cameron 6 H Z Cameron Trail North Arm Quesnel LEGEND Paved Highway Gravel Road Trail/Logging Road Back Road s/rivers/ Wetland Waterfall Site Sign /Rec Campsite Likely Info Centre Cedar City Museum Likely Airfield 34

6 Mining Today As it was in the 1800s, mining continues as a major driver of the Cariboo regional economy. Imperial Metals Polley Mine is the main mining industry in the Likely area. Taseko s Gibraltar Copper Mine near McLeese supports the regional economies of both Williams and Quesnel. Here is an interesting statistic on the Gibraltar Copper Mine: In 2017 Gibraltar spent more than $281 million on supplier goods and services. Approximately 35 per cent of these expenditures (nearly $100 million) was purchased from suppliers and contractors in the B.C. Interior and Cariboo regions. Barkerville Gold Mine is the major employer in the community of Wells. Other mines are in various stages of exploration, permitting and development throughout the entire Cariboo region. Small and large placer mining operations are also prevalent in the area. Beware of Keep Out signs for these areas if in the wild and on back trails. A wealth of information on small and medium scale mining in the Cariboo is at