Before any prospectors or settlers arrived in the Quesnel area during the Cariboo Gold Rush, the Lhtako Dene, or Carrier, people lived off the land around Quesnel, occupying the region from the Bowron Lakes to the Dean River. Known among themselves...
It is well known that JM Robinson is the founder of Peachland. As with many locations around North America, the beginning of Peachland’s existence is thanks to gold. The hope for gold was what brought J.M. Robinson and his associates from Brandon...
We take it for granted these days that a police force is present in nearly every community in Canada. For many years in the west, law and order came from constables who would pass through the area on their patrols every few weeks. Eventually, more...