Podcasts about Barkerville

Anya chats with Alana Dickson from the BC Hospitality Foundation about helping those in need, the current state of the industry and its workers, and how you can help. Later, Chris Noske from Heritage Acres Distilling in Abbotsford joins the show to chat about BC's goldrush past, preserving Barkerville, and a hurdy-gurdy gin for the holidays.

In 2019, a living history museum in Barkerville, British Columbia began incorporating First Nations perspectives into its storytelling, largely due to the efforts of Cheryl Chapman (Sunrise When the Salmon Come) from the Xatśūll First Nation, who spent 26 years advocating for the shift. In this episode, Cheryl speaks with us about the powerful role storytelling and tourism can play in reconciliation and gives destinations tips for how to better engage with Indigenous neighbours. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Official says embers could've destroyed community if not for structure protection systems.

The historic town of Barkerville may be a living testament to BC's Cariboo Gold Rush, but there's a history that runs even deeper. We meet Barkerville's Indigenous Interpreters and hear about the importance of their work

Prepare to embark on an adventure with us, Leashea and Carver, as we talk about our fun trip to Barkerville, sparked by a Facebook post and fueled by a wedding in BC. Join us as we share our laughter-filled fudge shopping experience and how we were surprised ourselves for actually pulling off this plan. Who knew a simple social media post could lead to such an exciting journey?Brace yourselves as we shift the mood, diving into the spine-chilling tales of the Northwest Territories. Experience the eerie thrill as we narrate the haunting story of a teenage spirit in a rehearsal studio in Yellowknife, a tale that will keep you on the edge of your seats. Further north, a black dog guards a camp, but not everything is as it seems. Are you ready to explore the mysteries of the far north?Our journey doesn't end there. We take a detour to the beautiful yet mysterious Nahanni National Park Reserve. From the rich wildlife, the rumored curse, to the haunting stories, this park has it all. Hear about the headless McLeod brothers and fascinating Native American folklore that add an extra layer of mystery to this beautiful region. We wrap up with mentions of our online platforms where you can stay connected, support us, and get the latest updates on our next adventure. Get ready for a rollercoaster ride of laughter, fear, and awe with us in this episode.Here is the NWT Relief fund :https://nwt.unitedway.ca/2023-emergency-response/Here is the Book:https://www.amazon.ca/Legends-Nahanni-Valley-Hammerson-Peters/dp/099395586XAAAAAND the video i watchedhttps://youtu.be/_YM7sq8JyRI?si=Ga0PHkeuaoD9awv3As always, you can reach us on almost any social media and email us your ghost stories at drinksandthingspodcast@gmail.comhttps://linktr.ee/DrinksandThingsWe also have a buymeacoffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/drinksnthingsMusic in intro/outro by Skilsel on PixabaySupport the show

Quesnel to Barkerville: The story of British Columbia, and how it came to be, has its roots in the Cariboo. Located eighty-six point two kilometers by car on Highway 26 from Cariboo Ford in Quesnel is a place where time stands still. Welcome to Barkerville, the center of the Great Cariboo Gold Rush. Fort St. James: On our adventure, we take you on an odyssey through Central and Northern British Columbia, home to stone sheep, moose, grizzly and black bear, a natural hot springs pool, ancient totems, legendary fishing, glaciers, the Northern Lights, First Nations culture and Fur Trade history. On this episode, We take a “Detour” to explore some hidden gems, off the main road. Today, we begin in Vanderhoof and travel along Highway 16, to Highway 27. Dog Creek and Gang Ranch: On this episode we explore some hidden gems off the main road. Today's detour begins in Williams Lake. Jason Ryle, executive director for the William's Lake and district chamber of commerce. From Williams Lake, we travel along Highway 20, also known as the Chilcotin Highway named after the original stewards of the areas, the Chilcotin people, officially named the Alexander MacKenzie Highway. this is one of the two main East-West routes in the Central Interior of British Columbia. We take a detour off the highway to stop in Dog Creek.

Last time we spoke about the final days of the first Sino-Japanese War, the invasion of the Pescadores Islands, Taiwan and the Treaty of Shimonoseki. The Japanese had taken Port Arthur, Weihaiwei and were on the verge of marching upon Beijing. The Qing were slow to action on the negotiation front leading to three attempts to reach a peace agreement. However in the meantime the Japanese prolonged things for just enough time to allow their amphibious forces to invade the Pescadore islands and Taiwan. Li Hongzhang became the scapegoat for the entire conflict and was forced to sign the humiliating Treaty of Shimonoseki. However in the end it would also be Japan getting served a nasty deal because of the Triple Intervention of Germany, France and Russia. The balance of power in the east had dramatically changed, and with change comes movement, the movement of many people, all over the world.   #55 This episode is, Overseas Chinese   Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. I did not know when I was going to tackle this subject, but I figured after the first Sino-Japanese war would be a good place. The 1890's-1900 is a sort of odd window of time for China where a lot of change occurs. When I was doing my undergraduate in History, a requirement of my University was to take a certain amount of courses in specific fields of history, one was Canadian history as I am from Quebec and its just forced on you. In one of those courses I had to spend an extensive amount of time learning about the Chinese-Canadian experience, particularly during the end half of the 19th century. Now I know the majority of you listeners are American and probably know the general history of Chinese immigration to America during the 19th century. For Canada is quite similar, first thing that comes to mind for all of you I imagine is the railroad work. Its a fundamental part of both America and Canada's history, the building of some of the great railroads and unfortunately the terrible mistreatment of Asian immigrants. In this episode however I don't want to just talk about Canada and the United States, because in truth, Chinese immigration saw Chinese going to all sorts of nations, for various reasons. I also believe it gives us a better understanding of all the events we have spoken about and how they affect the common person. There are more than 50 million Oversea Chinese today, most of them are in Southeast Asia, in places like Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand and such. They represent one of the highest figures of immigration in the world. Their migration goes back to ancient times, roughly 2000 years ago during the opening of the maritime silk road. Chinese immigrants were moving mainly to Southeast Asia. When the 15th century came around, Chinese began moving to places like Sumatra and Java, establishing what we call today, Chinatowns. Where trade went, so did the Chinese and by the 16th century trade began to pick up with Europe. Europeans began to establish themselves in the Far East, looking to trade and in the process integrated numerous places within a world trade network. European powers began to compete with another to expand and develop colonies in places like Southeast Asia and this in turn increased a demand for Chinese merchants and laborers. When the 17th century rolled around, there was an estimated 100,000 or so Chinese scattered about Southeast Asia and 20-30 thousand perhaps in Japan. Many Chinese came over during the Wokou years, setting up bases in Japan to help raid mainland China as pirates. When the Manchu conquered the Ming dynasty, numerous Chinese refugees fled to Japan to escape Manchu rule.  Now its during the 19th century when we really begin to see massive movements to the far reaches of the globe. When the age of colonialism was at its height so too would Chinese immigration be at its height, and with it a diaspora began. By the starting of the 19th century, millions of Chinese pulled up stakes and left for unfamiliar and faraway places, why? During the final century of the Qing dynasty, China began to struggle with mounting challenges as I think we all have seen in this series. These problems were both internal and external in nature. Internally, the Qing had doubled their territory, incorporating areas in the north and west which were sparsely populated, adding ethnic and religious diversity to the empire. There were Manchu, Hans, Mongolians, Tibetans, Muslims and such. Alongside this, the population exploded because of new irrigation and water management techniques that were helping tackle China's most troublesome historic nemesis, floods and droughts. New crops had come over from the America's such as corn, sweet potatoes and peanuts. The new foodstuffs could be grown in areas of China that historically always had trouble growing stuff, allowing for new lands to be expanded upon such as the southwest and northeast. As the nutrition improved, China's population exploded. By 1740 the Qing dynasty numbered 140 million, but by 1850 this increased to a whopping 430 million. Population growth holds numerous benefits to a nation, such as increasing economic activity, but it can also cause great strain. China took a very very long time to industrialize. In the early half of the 1800s, most Chinese supported themselves through farming, but with the population booming, less and less land pushed more and more to find new lands. The Qing government meanwhile, as we have seen in this series, proceeded to become incredibly corrupt. Their officials neglected the common people and engaged in corruption purely to enrich themselves, and they gradually became more and more inept at governance. With a corrupt government and a booming population of dissatisfied people, 19th century China was ripe for conflict. The first major one was the White Lotus Rebellion of 1796-1804. It broke out in response to famine, overcrowding of land and from the harassment by corrupt Qing officials. The cult lashed out, resulting in the deaths of millions and costing the Qing dynasty nearly 100 million taels. Then the First Opium War broke out against Britain resulting in a humiliating defeat and the beginning of unequal treaties upon China. After this, the worst civil war in history, the Taiping rebellion broke out, yet again during a time of famine, with another cult, the Taiping led by Hong Xiuquan who nearly toppled the Qing Dynasty leading to the death of over 20 million or so people. Alongside the Taiping was the Nian rebellion and the second opium war, inviting more death and humiliating treaties tossed upon China. The Dungan revolt killed another 10 or so million people, causing countless Hui Muslims to flee into surrounding neighboring states.  The turmoil of the mid 19th century caused terrible suffering on the people of China whether it be from drought, famine, war, governmental harassment or simply incompetence and when this becomes your everyday life, what do you do to improve it? Well after witnessing such foreign barbarians nearly toppling your government multiple times, showcasing technologies you've never seen before, you might get curious what its like in their nations. Once the bans were lifted Christian missionaries were pouring into China from these nations. These people didn't not simply sail over to China either, in the mid 19th century the invention of steamships made sea crossings much faster and safer. With steamships came railroads, a much more efficient way to move raw materials and people across land. Steamships and railroads would have a profound effect on China. The construction of railroads required a lot of work, particularly dangerous work of clearing land and laying tracks. European colonies, the Americas, Southeast Asia, Oceania and other far reaching places had enormous demand for laborer, whether it be in construction, agriculture, mining, railway building, etc. Plantations for rice, rubber, fruit, sugar, tea, hell the mining of guano was huge, talk about a shitty job. Like we see today, companies sought cheap and exploitable pools of labor to fit their demands, many of them turned to China. China because of the Opium wars and later the First Sino-Japanese War had opened up countless treaty ports, she was burst open. Now there were fundamentally two rationales for Chinese migration, the first being flight and the second economic. Flight refers to those literally driven to flee where they were because of war, famine, disease, natural disasters, terrible government and persecution. Economic refers to the drive to just improve one's life, maybe the grass is greener on the other side as they say. Both of these rationales could lead to temporary move or permanent and it did not necessarily mean leaving China either, let's not forget a ton of internal moving was occurring.  Now during the Taiping Rebellion as the violence escalated countless people fled. Take for example the wealthy class, whenever Taiping entered an area, obviously these people feared losing everything as the Taiping confiscated all wealth. Therefor countless fled to newly opened treaty ports like Shanghai where foreign protection was to be found. They began dealing with the foreigners and discovered some mutual interests. This was a large reason places like Shanghai and Hong Kong were transformed into booming sophisticated cities. But for the countless common people, the Taiping-Qing war saw a large mobile population, wandering wherever seemed safe at the time. Many of these people fled to provinces in the southwest and southeast of China. When the war ended, major food and tax producing provinces were de-populated, take Jiangsu for example which saw 70% of its population of around 24 million people. Anhui and Zhejiang lost around 50% of their respective 15 million or so people. When the war was finally over, the flight migrants did not all return. Hubei, Hunan and Henan saw a ton of their people simply pack up and set up shop east. A lot of people also fled into Manchuria which had always been sparsely populated, even though it was one of the richest areas for agriculture and natural resources. The Qing had always limited migration to Manchuria, trying to protect the Manchu homelands, but beginning in the 1860's the Qing leadership had a change of heart. There were two major reasons for this; number 1 the Taiping rebellion had ravaged the governmental budget, prosperous agricultural regions that provided a ton of tax revenue were depopulated. China had indemnity payments to pay the British and French, money needed to be made, so the Qing began selling land in Manchuria and increased taxes upon it once it started to become more productive. The second reason was Russia. Russia was encroaching into Manchuria, and the Qing worried its sparse population would leave it vulnerable, so they opened the doors to the Han to help out. Now it was not just the Russian encroaching into Manchuria, the Japanese also had their eyes on the region. As I explained briefly towards the end of last episode, the Russians basically swindled the Japanese with the triple intervention, managing to seize a 25 year lease over the Liaodong peninsula in 1898. The Russians quickly went to work developing the region's agriculture, mining and crucially its railways. All of this required the pumping of money into Manchuria further building up the desire for Chinese migration to fill the large demands. Now this was all internal movements, what about the external? Millions of Chinese responded to the international demand for labor during the mid to late 19th century, taking them first to Southeast Asia, and then to all the corners of the world. The major reason they were able to do this in large scale was because of the new steamships and the increase of foreigners inside China telling them about the various nations they came from. The majority of early migrants came from the wealthy class, who sought to move their families and businesses abroad. These types of businesses were typically, Luandromats, stores, restaurants and such. They mostly came from Guangdong and Fujian as southern China was in turmoil due to the opium trade and Taiping Rebellion. Southern China had become fertile grounds for western companies to come over and recruit or even Shanghai laborers. The British picked up Chinese and brought them to build up their colonies in Malaya and Singapore, while the Dutch brought them over to Sumatra. They worked in sweltering hot plantations, for tea, rubber, rice, fruit or in the great tin mines of Malaya for example.  This all of course becomes quite dark, I briefly talked about the “pig trade”, the pigs being Chinese coolies who were either hired or kidnapped into indentured servitude overseas. Britain had outlawed slavery in 1807, but the experience for these poor souls would be very reminiscence of the western african slave trade. The term “shanghaied” comes from this time, when Chinese were sometimes drugged up or boozed up and tossed onto ships going to various places like Trinidad, British Honduras, Jamaica, New South Wales, British Guiana, Peru, Cuba, all over really. Now the Pig trade was quite reviled, take this passage from 1852 by foreign secretary Lord Malmesbury “iniquities scarcely exceeding those practiced on the African coast and on the African middle passage have not been wanting…the jails of China [have been] emptied to supply ‘labour' to British colonies…hundreds [of coolies] gathered together in barracoons, stripped naked and stamped or painted with the letter C (California), P (Peru) or S (Sandwich Islands) on their breasts, according to destination.” It was actually the gradual abolition of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery itself that rose the demand for Chinese coolies. The British were the pioneers on this front sending 200 Chinese laborers over to Trinidad in 1806 to quote “in an attempt to establish a settlement of free peasant cultivators and laborers” these initial shipments saw Chinese on vessels that had been used to transport African slaves in previous years. The Trinidad experiment failed, only 20 to 30 of the 200 Chinese remained on the island by the 1820's, however such stories inspired people like Sir John Gladstone to bring Chinese over to sugar plantation in British Guiana in the hopes of replacing the lost Afro-Caribbean workforce because the slave trade was coming to an end. Now the logistics of coolie labor were, murky lets say. Most in theory were under contract, paid, to be temporary, one would say consensual. Regardless many in Britain rightfully saw how horrible it was and tried to fight to end the trade or at least improve conditions for the Chinese coolies. Many of these humane reformers argued the Chinese would be tricked into signing employment contracts based on misleading promises, often kidnapped or even sold by coolie merchants within China. Yes a lot of these unfortunate men, had debts, like gambling debts and their lenders simply sold them off. But there were many who volunteered, because they were offered free passage and paid something like 20 cents per day. While I have been focusing on the British, everyone was in the game somewhat, take for example the Portuguese who held Macao which was the center of the coolie trade. It was said from 1848-1873 Macao's only real business was trading coolie slaves, and eventually it became so bad the British forced them to ban it. Spain sent Cuba two large shipments of Chinese Coolies in 1847 to work the sugar fields in Havana, these men came from Xiamen, one of the treaty ports that opened after the Treaty of Nanking in 1842. When Guangdong opened up, Peru saw a ton of Chinese coolies come over to work in their silver mines and in guano cultivation. When their contracts were up, many integrated into the countries of Peru, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Cuba. Before 1959 when the Cuban revolution broke out, Havana held latin americans largest Chinatown, a result of the coolie trade. South America saw around 100,000 Chinese indentured laborers come over between 1850 and the late 1870s. The most vulnerable would be those poor souls deceived by false contracts or kidnapped who saw themselves basically thrown into slavery. For the majority who went to Cuba and Peru this was to be the case. After a 4 month grueling journey crammed onto a ship like a sardine, they would arrive to be met with cruelty and abuse. Most would find their contracts were written in such a way that it would make it nearly impossible for them to ever repay the cost of their passage, which was not covered for, also housing and food. When reports began to surface between 1847-1854 about the abuse of those going to Cuba and Peru, British tried to take responsibility by closing ports sending these people off in China, such as Amoy, but this simply led Macao to become the largest coolie port in the end. Hell some of these Chinese participated in the War of the Pacific known also as the Saltpeter war, where they burned down many of the haciendas they worked for. 2000 Chinese coolies joined a Chilean Army in Peru helping the wounded and burying the dead. The Germans brought some over to German Samoa to work on their plantations which only ended during WW1 when Anzac seized such islands. The French shipping of Chinese coolies to Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, the French west indies and such, as this also involved Indian coolies. Then came the age of Gold Rushes, all around the world large scale gold rushes emerged, in Oceania, Africa, South American and North America. In Australia the population tripled from 430,000 in 1851 to 1.7 million in 1871, making Australia the first multicultural society during the gold rush period. The gold rush began in may of 1851 after a prospector named Edward Hargraves claimed to have discovered gold in Ophir. Hargreaves had been to California's goldfields learning gold prospecting techniques such as panning and cradling. Victoria would see the first large goldrush in July of 1851 and word spread fast. 290,000 migrated to Victoria from British territories, 15,000 from European nations, 18,000 from the US, but not all were welcome. In 1855, 11,493 Chinese arrived in Melbourne, which saw Victoria enact the Chinese immigration act of 1855 in response. This severely limited the number of Chinese passengers permitted on an arriving vessel, but to evade the new law, many Chinese began landing in southern parts of Australia and would hike it sometimes 400kms across the country to get to the Victoria goldfields. In 1865 Richard Daintree discovered the Cape River Goldfield which soon attracted Chinese to Queensland for the first time. In 1872 James Mulligan discovered gold in the Palmer River around Cooktown, seeing 3 years of waves upon waves of Chinese prospectors. By 1977 over 18,000 residents were Chinese miners. I wanted to leave the United States and Canada for last if you were wondering, as I think they are the most well known stories of Chinese immigration. Also there are numerous nations I could not cover, this story is far too expensive I do apologize. So lets start with a very popular story, that of the great Californian Gold rush. In 1848 James W Marshall found Gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news soon brought over 300,000 people to California. While most were Americans, the gold rush also attracted thousands from Latin America, Oceania, Europe and China. The Chinese began arriving in 1849, the first major rush was to Gum San nicknamed “Gold Mountain” by the newly arrived Chinese. In 1849, around 90,000 people had come over, of which around 50-60 thousand were american. By 1852 20,000 Chinese had landed in the San Francisco area. Their distinct dress and appearance made them particularly recognizable in the goldfields and they were met with a ton of racism and violence. The American miners were frustrated with all the foreigners encroaching and the Chinese were easier target than other groups. Initially the Chinese worked for themselves or labored with other miners, but the American miners began to press upon the government to thwart more Chinese from coming over. The California legislature passed a foreign miners license law in 1850, charging non-US citizens 20$ per month. The law would be repealed within a year because of how exorbitant the fees were. This did not dissuade the Chinese who would go on to found America's first Chinatown in San Francisco, where by 1852 the Chinese now accounted for 30% of all immigrants. In response the California legislature passed another foreign miners tax now at 4$ per month. Many Chinese thrived during this time despite the hurdles they faced. Chinese mining companies like John China Placer Mining company and Hong Kong China Wing Dam company hired up to 20 workers and provided industrial equipment, expanding large scale operations. Small scale workers cooperatives amongst the Chinese also thrived in the 1850's which operated similar to the larger companies, using a share-risk system amongst workers. Many Chinese also chose to work for wages from white employers. Its estimated though it varies greatly, that Chinese miners were making around 39-50 dollars a month which would have been around the average wage for white miners. But as you can imagine there was much hardship, and the violence could get incredibly bad. Take for example what is known as the Hells Canyon Massacre. In 1887 two groups of Chinese miners headed to Oregon's Hells canyon to search for gold. On May 25th of 1887, 7 White Horse gang members, these were horse thieves, they robbed, murdered and mutilated between 10-34 of the Chinese miners who were employee's of the Sam Yup company. Its said they stole up to a possible 50,000$ worth in gold. Historian David H Stratton described the massacre as such,  “The brutality of the Snake River atrocity was probably unexcelled, whether by whites or Indians, in all the anti-Chinese violence of the American West. After the first day's onslaught at Robinson Gulch, the killers wrecked and burned the camp and then threw the mutilated corpses into the Snake River. The bodies of the other Chinese received similar treatment. Since it was the high-water stage of the spring runoff, the dead Chinese were found for months (some accounts say for years) afterwards along the lower river.” On the 26th more Chinese showed up to investigate the scene and 8 were shot dead by the gang. Later on in 1888 one Frank Vaughn confessed to taking part in the crime giving up the names of 6 associates. Most had departed america save for Vaughn and another man named Hughes. Their gang leader, Bruce Evan's known as “old blue” was blamed for everything, but he escaped custody. Now by the 1860's the goldrush was quieting down, leaving many Chinese looking for work and they found it in railway construction. The first major railway seeing Chinese workers was the first transcontinental railroad which linked up California to the eastern united states. Construction began in 1863 with terminal points at Omaha, Nebraska and Sacramento. Despite the Goldrush raising California's population, a large number of Chinese were recruited in 1865 to help build up the railway. Many of these were former gold or silver miners and it was Charles Crocker a manager of the Central Pacific Railroad who was one of the first trying to hire Chinese. As he pointed out to his colleagues, hiring Chinese as opposed to whites as they cost a third of the salary. Crocker also pointed out they could hire the Chinese immigrants to do much of the grueling work and particularly the dangerous jobs. Crocker soon broke records for laying track, finishing the project 7 years ahead of time. This was due to the fact he worked the men to down to the bones. The central pacific track was constructed primarily by Chinese, Crocker initially hired every Chinese he could find in California, but soon began importing Chinese workers directly from China. The railroad had to pass over river and through canyons requiring bridges to be made and tunnels to be blown open. Many of the Chinese workers would be sent into tunnels to break through using hand tools and black power bombs. To tunnel through places like the the foothills of Sierra Nevada, the Central Pacific began to use the newly invented but extremely unstable Nitro-glycerine explosives, aka TNT. This greatly accelerated the rate of construction and deaths for the poor Chinese workers who used them. The work often saw Chinese workers tossed in large baskets with the explosives down to hard to reach areas, they would lit the fuse and the basket would be pulled as fast as it could away from the blast area, not safe. Over 11,000 Chinese took part in the project and they made up 90% of the work effort. A large portion of them came from Guangdong, recruited through a network of small firms and labor contractors. Its estimated around 1000 Chinese died building the Central Pacific Railroad.  Now as the Chinese came to the US for the Goldrush and then railroad construction, they were met with a lot of racism, violence and legislative efforts. I mentioned the American miners pushing for legislation against them, but when the Chinese began working on the railways this greatly expanded. In the 1870's various legal discriminatory measures were being made against the Chinese. In San Francisco Chinese school children from 1859-1870 were segregated, but in 1870 the requirement to educate them was simply dropped. Also in 1870 the Naturalization act which extended citizenship rights to African Americans specifically barred Chinese on the grounds they could not be assimilated into American society. Chinese immigrants were thus prohibited from voting, jury duty (which lets be honest is a blessing) and faced alien land laws prohibited them from purchasing property or establishing permanent homes or businesses. In 1873 the Pigtail Ordinance, you heard that right, targeted Qing dynasty immigrants based on their Queues. The law required prisoners in San Francisco to have their hair cut within an inch of their scalp and any Qing citizens who went to prison and had their queues cut, meant they could not go back home until it grew back. The law was passed with the idea it would dissuade Chinese immigration. Two years later came the Page Act of 1875, barring Chinese women from entering the US. This was justified under the guise many who came over were performing sex work. In reality it was another measure taken to dissuade Chinese immigration. This was followed up in 1882 by the infamous Chinese exclusion act which prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers. All of this was strongly driven by frustrated American workers who saw the Chinese as a threat to their jobs. Miners and railway workers pressed unions which pressed the legislatures to toss countless anti-Chinese laws trying to dissuade them from coming to the US. With so much discrimination and hurdles tossed at them, the Chinese began moving somewhere else to make ends meet. Chinese immigrants began arriving to the then Colony of Vancouver island in the late 1850's looking for gold. The colony of British Columbia, much like California was seeing a gold rush. The first Chinese community was established in Barkerville where half its population were Chinese. Soon other Chinatowns emerged in Richfield, Van Winkle, Quesnellemouthe, Stanley, Antlery and Quesnelle forks. By 1860 the Chinese population of Vancouver island and British columbia was around 7000. Then in 1871, British Columbia agreed to join the confederation of Canada and one of its conditions to do so was for the new federal government of Canada to build a railway linking BC to Eastern Canada, yes its basically the exact same thing as California with the Eastern US. Prime Minister John A Macdonald along with numerous investors realized the project would be unbelievably expensive. They also realized they could cut costs by employing Chinese laborers, as Macdonald told Parliament in 1882 “it is simply a question of alternatives either you must have this labour or you can't have the railway”. In 1880 Andrew Onderdonk, one of the main construction contractors in British Columbia for the new Canadian Pacific Railway began recruiting Chinese laborers from California. Learning from the Americans he also began importing Chinese workers from Guangdong and Taiwan. The Chinese workers were hired for the first 320 kms of the CPR which was considered to be the most difficult and dangerous segments, particularly the parts going through Fraser Canyon. Like their american counterparts they were paid much less than white Canadians, around 50% on the dollar.  Between 1880-1885, 17000 Chinese workers came to build the CPR with around 700 dying due to the terrible work conditions. The CPR's construction resulted in the establishment of Chinatowns along the rail line which further resulted in Chinese communities spreading across Canada. Following directly in the footsteps as the Americans, when the CPR was finished in 1884, the following year saw the infamous Chinese Head Tax. The Canadian government levied its first of many to come, anti chinese immigration acts, to discourage Chinese from coming to Canada. The head tax system stipulated all Chinese people entering Canada first had to pay 50$ ie: the head tax. This would be amended to 100$ in 1900, 500$ in 1903 and so forth. Because of this, basically no Chinese laborers could afford to bring over their families, though BC's Chinese communities still grew. In British columbia the perception of all the asians coming into the province, as it was not just the Chinese, many Japanese came over particularly for the fishing industry, well they perceived these people to be taking their jobs. Australia likewise had tossed up immigration restriction acts in 1901, the infamous “white australia policy” which eliminated asian immigration after their federation, and Canada would try the same. The Asian Exclusion League in Canada, yes there was a league just for this lobbied as much as they could to thwart Chinese immigration. I did not want to delve into the 20th century in this episode, but I did want to touch upon the violence that would occur in BC. In 1907 tension had increased, as more and more Asian immigrants were flooding over into BC from the US as a result of their anti chinese regulations, kind of a hot potato situation. By the end of October 1907 over 11,440 immigrants came over, 8125 were Japanese, 1266 Chinese and Sikhs made up 2049. Anti-Asian acts were blowing up and soon full blown riots spread.  The Asian exclusion league developed a new immigration act, but the federal government refused to back it. This led to outrage which led to its members starting a parade on September 7th of 1907. This parade turned into a mob riot where Chinese and Japanese neighborhoods were attacked. Asian owned businesses were vandalized, beer bottles were tossed at windows, fires were lit, the rioters were trying to destroy businesses. They came to Japantown where armed Japanese residents fought back, over 50 stores had their windows broken in and the entire riot only died down around 3am. Labour Minister MacKenzie King, yes the soon to be Prime Minister of Canada conducted a commission into the riots finding the damage to be worth around 26,000$ for the Chinese community and 9000$ for the Japanese. The riot directly led to the 1908 “gentleman's agreement”, one I might add not many people know about, not as notably as the head tax, but this was a secret agreement between Japan and Canada to restrict the number of passports issued to Japanese annually at under 400 peoples. It was a dark part of Canadian history. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. I do apologize if this episode is more on the gloomy side, but do not forget these asian communities are thriving today all around the world. I plan to do another episode on Overseas Chinese in the 20th century, so I hope you enjoyed this one and come back for some more!

In this Haunted Canada  episode, Leashea and Carver talk about some  places in British Columbia, Canada.the featured places are: Riverview Hospital, Barkerville and O'Keefe Ranch.Leashea talks about her grain of rice and Carver struggles with math.As always, you can reach us on almost any social media and email us your ghost stories at drinksandthingspodcast@gmail.comhttps://linktr.ee/DrinksandThingsWe also have a buymeacooffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/drinksnthingsMusic in intro/outro by Skilsel on Pixabay

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Hear from a Haisla man helping people on the Downtown Eastside, explore a mine shaft below a Barkerville theatre, and find out how a a woman in her sixties discovered she had ADHD.

Find out about the Barkerville-shot Punjabi film that's an international sensation, explore what's happening to improve northern BC bus service, and hear from a Quesnel advocate about the barriers facing rural drug users.

A new Punjabi language film explores the history and struggles of South Asian Immigrants

For more than 50 years, from 1863 until 1917, the red and yellow B.C. Express Company's stagecoaches transported mail, express, and passengers from Yale to Barkerville, an 800 mile return trip. With the completion of the CPR Railway in 1886, however, the new community of Ashcroft became the major southern terminus of the stagecoach route. To those of us who grew up on a diet of western movies, the term “stagecoach” brings to mind images of masked men on horses waiting in Ambush, holding up terrified passengers and galloping off with sacks of gold. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This latest instalment of Haphazard History, written by Barry Sale, revisits the historic Barkerville fire of 1868. During its peak, the gold rush town of Barkerville had more than 10,00 residents who lived in wooden buildings that were clustered in a haphazard manner along its main street in the Central Interior. On September 16, 1868 the saloon caught fire and then the end of the day a total of 116 buildings were destroyed in the blaze. Fortunately there had been no loss of life, but property losses were estimated to be about $700,000, or around $12.7 million in today's prices. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1867 the gold rush town of Barkerville, at the time the largest city west of Chicago and north of San Francisco, was almost entirely demolished in a raging fire. Nearly the entire town was wiped out. Thankfully there were no fatalities despite the fire brigade/social club only using buckets. However, in todays episode we'll learn about what happened in the moments before and after this tragedy thanks to first hand accounts, learn about how it was entirely preventable despite the belief of a special kind of wood, and how the town was never really the same again.

In August of 1866, Dally accompanied the Governor of the Colony, Arthur Edward Kennedy, aboard the H.M.S. Scout as they circumnavigated Vancouver Island and stopped off at many First Nations villages. His photographs taken on this trip especially those from Fort Rupert (Port Hardy), Comox, Cowichan, and Nanaimo were outstanding and continue to provide valuable anthropological evidence even today. The following year, in 1867, Dally made a month-long trip up the Cariboo Wagon Road to Barkerville and the Cariboo gold fields. He took photographs all along the route as well as recording images of Barkerville itself and the mining operations in the vicinity of Williams Creek.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the History Slam, I talk with Ken Mather about the updates to the book. We talk about the gold rush in Barkerville, BC, the popularity of Wagon Road North: The Saga of the Cariboo Gold Rush, and the updates included in the new edition. We also chat about what makes for good […]

In this episode of the History Slam, I talk with Ken Mather about the updates to the book. We talk about the gold rush in Barkerville, BC, the popularity of Wagon Road North: The Saga of the Cariboo Gold Rush, and the updates included in the new edition. We also chat about what makes for good […]

We caught up with Maggie Layman, VP Exploration for Osisko Development, to hear about progress in and around the Cariboo Gold mine site and the exploration potential in the surrounding area. The October 2020 mineral resource estimate for the Cariboo Gold Project includes 3.2 million ounces of gold (21.4 million tonnes grading 4.6 g/t Au) in the measured and indicated resource category, and 2.7 million ounces of gold (21.6 million tonnes grading 3.9 g/t Au) in the inferred resource category. (TSX.V-ODV)

When Stockhouse Editorial last caught up with Green River Gold Corp. (CCR) (CSE.CCR, Forum) and its CEO Perry Little last December, the company was, like so many others, adjusting to doing business in a COVID-19 world but at the same time keeping busy with a series of new property acquisitions, partnerships, and M&A’s.   Founded in the summer of 2017, Quesnel, BC-based Green River Gold Corp. is a publicly-traded mineral exploration company that has a controlling interest in a wide variety of projects in this historic gold producing region. In addition to exploring its highly prospective hard rock gold property in the historic Barkerville area of B.C., Green River rents placer claims to placer gold miners for cash rent, in lieu of a royalty. The Company also sells mining supplies and equipment to placer miners from its 6,000 square foot facility also located in Quesnel. The Company is even a limited partner in a partnership that purchases raw placer gold directly from miners.   In this intriguing metals & mining podcast, Stockhouse Media’s Dave Jackson was rejoined by Mr. Little to get investors and company shareholders up-to-date on the latest and greatest hits from CCR.   TRANSCRIPT BELOW:   SH: As I alluded to the intro, it’s been a busy last six months for CCR and things look to be ramping up big time in the Cariboo this summer. Can you give us an update on what’s been happening with Green River Gold?   PL: Hi Dave. It is nice to be back. We have had a very busy stretch, actually going back over a year now, to about the time of the first podcast we did. We have moved the ball forward on every aspect of the business over that time….and we have a lot of aspects. We are closing our $700,000 financing this week as well. It was originally set at $500,000 but we had a pleasant surprise recently with some sudden interest out of Europe and we were oversubscribed. A German newsletter writer has picked up on the story and is covering us for the German, Swiss and Austrian markets. It is good to be noticed.   SH: Perry, you’ve just announced commencement of the U-A-V-mag airborne drone geophysics survey on its Fontaine Lode Gold Project. These kind of geo surveys don’t come cheap. So what’s the high-end potential of what lies beneath surface here?   PL: Well, as you know, we really took our time, and we were very deliberate with the acquisition and staking of that property. In my days as a stockbroker, I had followed the Barkerville gold story for over 15 years and I had also been following our other neighbour, Omineca mining with their Wingdam project, for a long time. I was quite familiar with the area before we started getting serious looking for property in 2017. It wasn’t until March 2019 that we finally made the acquisition of the core part of the property and staked all of the surrounding ground that we wanted. In total we have about 90 square kilometres of hard rock claims that are contiguous to the Barkerville Gold Mines property.   Our timing was a little lucky. One month after we closed on the acquisition, Osisko took over Barkerville Gold Mines and began to fast track the Barkerville property to production. That brought some serious capital to the neighbourhood and things really heated up. Omineca staked a bunch of additional property shortly after that and both companies have been moving forward quickly with exploration and development. Our property is bookended by Osisko and Omineca.   Osisko’s project has an indicated resource of 3.2 million ounces of gold and an inferred resource of 2.72 million ounces of gold. We are definitely in a good neighbourhood and we got in before the prices went up.   Geologically speaking, the Fontaine property straddles an 18-kilometre length of the Quesnel, Barkerville and Slide Mountain terranes. Between the early 1970’s and early 1990’’s, sporadic work was carried out on the property, consisting of prospecting and sampling bedrock and overlying soil horizons. Several showings with anomalous gold and silver values were identified as a result of this work.   The project has not really seen some of the modern exploration techniques. We should get the results of the UAV-MAG geophysics survey within a few weeks. The survey will cover 67 square kilometres with 1,500-line kilometres with 50 metre spacing. The drones can fly at treetop level to give exceptional detail. We expect that this will help us to identify high priority drill targets for an anticipated drill program. We are very excited to see the survey results in a few short weeks. We will be announcing our 2021 surface and near-surface exploration programs for the property shortly.   SH: In a recent Stockhouse article, you detailed how – with renewed exploration – CCR is now the at the epicentre of the original Cariboo gold rush. How so?   PL: The original Cariboo Gold Rush started in 1860 and was centred around Barkerville which is only a few kilometres from our Fontaine Project. At its peak in the 1860’s and 1870’s, Barkerville was one of the largest communities in Western North America. Historic gold production in the Cariboo since the original gold rush has been about 3.8 million ounces, roughly half of that from placer deposits and half from lode deposits. Placer and hard rock activity are both picking up again. Our business model allows us to benefit from the increased levels of placer activity while searching for the big lode gold score.   There is a lot going on in the area again, for the first time in decades really. Osisko’s appearance on the scene late in 2019 has sparked interest in the Cariboo. Omineca is actively drilling on the other side of us as well. I believe it is the beginning of a new gold rush in the area. Much of the Cariboo has not really been explored using modern exploration techniques. The old-timers got the easy-to-reach placer gold but did not have the technology to go deeper or to explore as effectively for lode gold. There is a lot to be discovered yet. The sources of the placer gold found on many of the numerous creeks and rivers in the Cariboo have yet to be located. The hunt is on.   SH: Perry, the Company looks set for strong growth in 2021. How are you placed to expand operations?   PL: This initial Fontaine exploration is just the start of what we plan to do with that property, but we have several other irons in the fire as well. When we acquired the Fontaine project, we were aware of some interesting nickel showings on a portion of the property. Recent developments have highlighted that potential and we will have more to say about that over the next few weeks. In February we announced the acquisition of the 1,214-hectare Kymar Silver Project near Invermere B.C., and we just announced our initial exploration plans for Kymar for this Summer. It has some interesting historical production, and we are excited to start work on that one as well.   As you know, we are more than just an exploration company. We got started on a number of different gold-related business ventures over the past couple of years and they are all expanding this year.   SH: That brings me back to what I had mentioned earlier that the company really has developed a one-of-kind business model in the metals & mining space. Can you tell our investor audience some of the inherent benefits in it?   PL: Sure Dave. I followed and invested in a lot of junior mining companies over a couple of decades as a stockbroker. One of the issues that most junior miners face is the constant need to raise financing to pay for exploration, and the dilution that comes with it. From the beginning, I looked to find businesses related to gold mining that could generate cash flow to offset some or hopefully all of that reliance on the often-fickle capital markets. So far, we have started several businesses that service the hundreds of placer miners that are active in the Cariboo. We retail placer mining supplies, and we also sell larger placer mining equipment, much of which is manufactured by a related private company right in our shared building. Our building is located in Quesnel, in the heart of the Cariboo district and an easy commute from most of our mining properties. We are a Limited Partner in a partnership which purchases raw placer gold from the local miners and sells it to refiners and other end users. We also provide consulting and permitting services to the local placer mining community.   Those businesses allow us to maintain a talented local workforce and give us year-round access to our Cariboo properties from just down the road. Our exploration costs are reduced by having local geological expertise and a local labour force.   Ultimately, the idea is to generate enough cash flow from our other businesses to fund much of our exploration costs internally.   SH: Part of your business model is really unique in the mining space – acquire and develop placer mining claims and then leasing them out. Can you explain this in detail to our audience?   PL: In simple terms, we are a placer mining company that will never do any placer mining. Think of it as a modified royalty model applied to placer gold mining. Most placer mines are small, mom and pop operations that are chronically underfunded. We have 24 square kilometres of placer mining claims and we have a number of claims that are permitted and ready to mine. Learning from our own experience of placer mining through a private company, we came up with a model that works to allows placer miners to get mining with less start-up cost. It also gives Green River access to safe cash flows. We rent out the placer claims for a monthly cash rent based on expected gold recoveries and the placer miners take the exploration risk and develop the claims. We put up the reclamation bond. The miner saves the up-front cost of purchasing a claim and putting up the bond. We maintain ownership and get the benefit of the development work done by the renters and any exploration success that they have.   It is similar in many ways to land development, except that in our case, we acquire the land, permit it, and somebody else pays us to do the development. The amount of rent we receive is by far the lesser part of the benefit we receive. The increase in the value of the mining property as it gets turned into an operating mine, from a piece of raw forest, is the main benefit. If the miner is successful in discovering economic quantities of placer gold, the value of the claim will go up even more. We tend to own blocks of claims in the same vicinity so any mining success will push up the value of the proximate claims as well. Any money spent by the miner exploring or producing on our claims also extends the expiration date on the claims without us having to spend any money on assessment work. It works for the renter and it works for us.   SH: It would be remiss of me not to mention your stock has had been on a bit of a roller coaster ride over the last 12 months. What can you tell our investor audience regarding the current valuation of your stock and why you think it’s a good buy right now?   PL: With a little over 54 million shares outstanding, we currently have a market capitalization of less than $4 million. For that price, investors are getting our highly prospective 90 square kilometre Fontaine lode gold project, which is right next to a gold mine that is expected to be in production in 2023. They also get 24 square kilometres of placer gold claims, a retail business, a stake in a gold trading enterprise, our Quesnel Nickel Project, and our Kymar Silver Project. We also have a 6,000 square foot combined office, retail, and manufacturing building that serves as home-base for all our businesses. We have local employees and consultants who live within an easy daily commute of all our Cariboo properties.   All that for less than $4 million, and we are just getting started. We have a lot of other ideas in the works.   For more information on the company and investment opportunities in Green River Gold Corp., visit their website at www.greenrivergold.ca.     FULL DISCLOSURE: This is a paid article produced by Stockhouse Publishing.

 The record setting month of May is coming to an end and the boys are getting into summer mode! This week's episode is brought to you by Barkerville Brewing. Since opening in 2014, the Barkerville Brewing Co. has won four Canadian brewing awards as well as six in BC! Visit the brewery and settle in at their custom timber king's table. Bring your kids! Their lounge is fully licensed, serves pizza and snacks, and pours a wide selection of Barkerville brewing craft beers. Cider, wine, and pop are also available. Come enjoy it all on the patio! We start this week's episode off with the Big O's baby story! The now three-time daddy shares his experiences from the past week with arrival of his new son! This leads to the dads on the crew discussing their wives' labor stories (4:00). The guys come to the conclusion that sleep is important, especially before kids (13:00). Surprise, surprise Consie is still married, and the No Instructions Needed DMs have been getting filled up with accounts trying to help the boys start up their Only Fans account (17:30). Allan then steers the conversation to mom and dad stories from their experiences as parents and, well, things get messy, sticky, and down right weird (24:00). The Big O wants Chaps' take on the recent DC news but for some reason Chaps drops a controversial take on “Saved by the Bell” (40:00).  The Big D talks about Amazon buying MGM and the potential death of Netflix (52:40). The last topic is one near and dear to three of the four hosts' hearts, "The Office.” This leads to the Office vs Parks and Rec (60:00), which obviously needs no further introduction.Thank you all for the record setting month of May! Now let's crush it some more! So again, this is nothing but our brand of chaos—a life where there are No Instructions Needed.

Kids want to be creators now; How will the pandemic end?; Federal budget bill; Prince Rupert wants to re-open faster; Adrian Dix on B.C.'s reopening plan; Haida Gwaii museum curator on repatriation of human remains; Barkerville seeking sustainable funding.

The historic town says while grants are helpful, they really need a stable source of provincial funding to help plan for their future.

Amy Newman has written a guide to the historic trail. She speaks about her experience.

From Quesnel Forks to Barkerville, Chinese people were significant players in the boom-and-bust resource towns of western Canada in the 1800s and 1900s. In this episode of the China Untold podcast, I introduce the role Chinese migrants played in the early development of British Columbia. I'll recount stories of lost mines, ghost towns, racist attitudes and more!

Hello everyone! Thank you so much for tuning into this year of podcasts. We are here bringing you the last regular episode of 2020, and we had to end with an absolute bang - a great human, and an even better friend, Lucinda Sim. You may recognize her from her from season 1, episode 18 of @broadwhatpodcast where we mostly just talked about our mutual love of Patti Lupone. Before meeting at school, I was told we would be two peas in a pod, and that has proven to be true. Lucinda is so much more than a triple threat. Of course she's an extremely talented singer, dancer, & actor, but she’s also a choreographer, teacher, yoga teacher, partner, daughter, and friend. We get into it all this episode. This was filmed when we went up to work in Barkerville together which we were in the heat of when we recorded this episode. We got this amazing chance to connect and become closer as ever and I am so lucky! Listening back on this episode where we chat about her family life, taking leaps of faith and following your heart I realized how lucky I am to have such a lifelong friend! You can follow Lucinda on Instagram and Twitter at @lucindavsim

Ian Douglas of Wells, B.C. tells us why he's hopeful for the future of a major new mine site in the community.

We look at the latest news around COVID-19 vaccines; Hear why a prospector in Wells, B.C. is excited about a new Barkerville gold mine; Learn about a centre aimed at connecting seniors with technology to help them age in place in Northern B.C.; Hear some big news from longtime Daybreaker Faith Fundal; Look back at the HIV/AIDs crisis through the stories of healthcare workers; Dip into the China Lily soy sauce shortage; And travel across Canada to hear how different provinces are handling the second wave of COVID-19.

A new Cariboo gold mine is being proposed for the small town of Wells, B.C. but some are concerned about how it could impact the charm of the community.

Hyperloops; National COVID strategy; Winter lockdown; Barkerville Gold concerns; Dr. Bonnie Henry; Salvation Army; Backcountry ski operations shut down.

A cool morning breeze keeps the mosquitoes down as we pack our kayaks and gear for today's paddling journey. It is day four of our holiday, with two days driving up from Vancouver to Cache Creek, past the Eocene insect and plant site at McAbee, the well-bedded Permian limestone near Marble Canyon and onto Bowron Provincial Park, a geologic gem near the gold rush town of Barkerville. The initial draw for me, given that collecting in a provincial park is forbidden and all collecting close at hand outside the park appears to amount to a handful of crushed crinoid bits and a few conodonts, was the gorgeous natural scenery and a broad range of species extant. It was also the proposition of padding the Bowron Canoe Circuit, a 149,207 hectare geologic wonderland, where a fortuitous combination of plate tectonics and glacial erosion have carved an unusual 116 kilometre near-continuous rectangular circuit of lakes, streams and rivers bound on all sides by snowcapped mountains. We're making our trek in low profile, Kevlar style. One single & one double kayak would be our faithful companions and mode of transport. They will be briefly conscripted into service as a bear shield later in the trip. Yes, a grizzly bear encounter! Versatile those kayaks. The Bowrons — from all descriptions, something like heaven.

Frequent quarantine stays could be hard on a miner's well being, warns the CEO of Fireweed Zinc, Brandon Macdonald.  Macdonald joined Kitco correspondent Paul Harris; editor Neils Christensen; and mining audiences manager, Michael McCrae, to record a podcast on Friday.Macdonald noted that some miners travel outside of Canada for work then have to return to a 14-day quarantine with no access to a gym or recreation. Meals must be eaten in the hotel room.  "So they're three-weeks on and two-weeks off. They come back to Canada and [start] a 14-day quarantine. Rinse and repeat. How sustainable is this?" asked Macdonald.  Harris noted that some mining companies are providing counseling to workers who travel off-site.  Macdonald noted that Fireweed operations are in Western Canada.  The group also discussed the Northern Star and Saracen merger, the biggest deal in the gold space in the past two years. The deal is valued at A$5.76 billion ($4.14 billion) and the newly-formed entity will be a global top-10 gold miner by market value. The panel also turned to Osisko Gold Royalties and its spin out of its Barkerville project.Links:  Michael McCrae on TwitterNiels Christensen on TwitterBrandon Macdonald on TwitterColombia Gold Symposium, Nov. 10-13Fireweed Zinc   

Billy Barker was one of dozens of English sailors who jumped ship in search of gold. At the bottom of a fifty foot hole they struck gold and Barkerville became a boom town. Billy lost his fortune and died a poor man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

General Manager and Part Owner Justine Pelletier gave me the inside scoop on the back rooms and brewing process for all their amazing craft beer! From namesakes and history to even some tips on how to become a beer connoisseur, our conversation leaves me blown away.

James Douglas is the first returning guest on my CFUR show. He and his partner in many things, Danette Boucher give the final interview on Barkerville Historic Site's dive into virtual public history and the Zoom platform at the end of the program. They are preceded by Social Work MA candidate Juls Budau on Northern BC's overdose crisis and the need for a safe drug supply and then by journalist and opinion leader Jordan Tucker on Prince George's Black Lives Matter and police reform solidarity protests.

What tales does our garbage tell? The CBC's Betsy Trumpener learns why an archeologist is sifting through the refuse pile of a historic Chinese restaurant.

The historic town of Barkerville plays a big part of the history of British Columbia. It also has been a large part in the careers of many people from around the province. Jason's guest on today's "Characters" episode began her professional career as a student working in the community, and then ended her career for retirement as the CEO. Judy Campbell recounts her life, her work and her adventures living and working at this fascinating, living museum known as Barkerville. 

The May long weekend is traditionally when Barkerville Historic Town opens to visitors, but with COVID-19 shutdowns still in place, the site has turned to virtual tours and interactive sessions to bring history to life.

Sisters Shelby and Joelle Wyminga are on this weeks episode to chat about starting their own production company called Far From the Tree Productions. We talk about what makes us feel like failures, how important self care is, owning our choices, and what it’s like to grow up as a pastors kid in Northern BC. Caribou Magi opens December 5th at the Havana Theatre, and if you’re in the Vancouver area we hope you make it out! For more information on Far From the Tree Productions, visit: farfromthetreeproductions.com and make sure to go follow them on Instagram as well. #dontquityourdaydream #progressoverperfection xox Jenny Gal

Tim Fernback, President and CEO of Surge Exploration Inc. (the "Company "or "Surge") (TSXV: SUR) (OTC: SURJF), (FRA: DJ5C), called in to SmallCapVoice.com to go over the exciting mining projects for his Company, the properties they are exploring, an operational outlook for 2019 and much more. Recently, Surge provided a report on progress being made at the Hedgehog project located near the historic gold mining community of Barkerville in east central British Columbia. Mr. Tim Fernback, Surge President & CEO states "We are very happy with the progress on the 2019 Hedgehog exploration program to date, with it going as planned by our exploration team. The area surrounding Hedgehog is home to quite a bit of historic and current gold mining activity, and we are excited to see the assay results from the program as we continue to develop this project." Surge Exploration is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company which has been active in the resource sector in British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada. This interview may include forward looking statements. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "project," "estimate," "become," "plan," "will," and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks as well as uncertainties, including those discussed in the following cautionary statements and elsewhere in this release. Although the Company believes that its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, the actual results that the Company may achieve may differ materially from any forward-looking statements, which reflect the opinions of the management of the Company only as of the date hereof. SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. received $750 from the company on 9-27-19 for 30 days of service.

After a $60 dollar price beating two weeks ago, the price of gold held the $1500 level per the front-month futures contact. Osisko Gold Royalties announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Barkerville Gold Mines to acquire all outstanding shares. Tudor Gold shared results from two deep vertical diamond drill holes and four definition drill holes at the Goldstorm Zone on the Company’s flagship Treaty Creek property, located in the Golden Triangle of Northwestern British Columbia. Mineral Mountain announced that its 4,000 meter drill program has commenced, financed by privately placed equity deal which raised $2.3 million dollars. IAMGOLD says mining operations have resumed in the southern pits of Mayo and Royal Hill at the Rosebel Gold Mine in Suriname. We also discuss Osino Resources and its Namibian project with the company's CEO, Heye Daun. This interview was recorded at the Beaver Creek Precious Metals Summit. We'd like to thank our sponsors! Integra Resources trades on the TSX-V under ITR and the OTCQX under IRRZF. Integra Resource is advancing its past producing DeLamar (DeL - a - Marr ) Gold-Silver project in SW Idaho through aggressive drilling and exploration. An updated Resources Estimate is expected in Q2 and a maiden PEA in H2 2019. The management of Integra successfully sold its previous brownfields project for C$590 million in summer 2017. Read more about the company and its successful management team at integraresources.com. Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. is a junior exploration company focused on the discovery of gold-rich copper deposits in British Columbia, Canada. Pacific Empire trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol PEMC and on the OTCQB markets under the symbol PEMSF. The Company currently has a very tight share structure. Pacific Empires’ unique approach to the prospect generator business model incorporates the Company’s own reverse circulation drill to advance projects beyond that of typical prospect generators. More information on Pacific Empire can be found at pemcorp.ca. Western Copper and Gold is focused on developing the world-class Casino project in Canada's Yukon Territory. The Casino project consists of an impressive 10 billion pounds of copper and 18 million ounces of gold in an overall resource. Western Copper and Gold trades on the TSX and the NYSE American with WRN. Be sure to follow the company via their website, www.westerncopperandgold.com. Minera Alamos is an advanced stage exploration and development company with multiple low-cap-ex projects in Mexico. Minera Alamos is traded with the symbol MAI on the TSX-V and with MAIFF in the US OTC Markets. Read more about their development strategies at mineraalamos.com. Mining Stock Daily is produced by: www.clearcreekdigital.com www.investmentresearchdynamics.com (Mining Stock Journal)

Barkerville Gold Mines has new drill results out today from its Island Mountain exploration and category conversion program at the company’s flagship Cariboo Gold project in central British Columbia. SilverCrest Metals announced this morning it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by National Bank Financial and Desjardins Capital Markets, pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase over 3 and a half million common shares of the company. IAMGOLD shared assay results this morning from its 2019 winter drilling program at its Monster Lake joint venture project in Quebec. Sun Metals shared an update this morning from its exploration efforts at the company’s Stardust project in north central British Columbia. We'd like to thank our sponsors! Integra Resources trades on the TSX-V under ITR and the OTCQX under IRRZF. Integra Resource is advancing its past producing DeLamar (DeL - a - Marr ) Gold-Silver project in SW Idaho through aggressive drilling and exploration. An updated Resources Estimate is expected in Q2 and a maiden PEA in H2 2019. The management of Integra successfully sold its previous brownfields project for C$590 million in summer 2017. Read more about the company and its successful management team at integraresources.com. Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. is a junior exploration company focused on the discovery of gold-rich copper deposits in British Columbia, Canada. Pacific Empire trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol PEMC and on the OTCQB markets under the symbol PEMSF. The Company currently has a very tight share structure. Pacific Empires’ unique approach to the prospect generator business model incorporates the Company’s own reverse circulation drill to advance projects beyond that of typical prospect generators. The focus for Pacific Empire during 2019 is its Babine Porphyry Belt projects in central British Columbia where Pacific Empire has assembled a 17,000 hectare land position over the past 12 months. During 2019, Pacific Empire is also planning aggressive reverse circulation drill programs on its Sat, Bulkley and Paragon properties. More information on Pacific Empire can be found at pemcorp.ca. Brixton Metals is a precious metals exploration and development company which owns four high-potential gold silver and base metals project in both the US and in Canada. It’s Atlin Gold Project in British Columbia has shown exceptional exploration potential, returning up to 509 grams per ton gold over 5.57 meters at the project’s Yellowjacket zone. Read more about Atlin and the other projects under Brixton’s portfolio by visiting brixtonmetals.com. Brixton trades on the TSX venture under BBB and on the US OTC with BBBXF. Western Copper and Gold is focused on developing the world-class Casino project in Canada's Yukon Territory. The Casino project consists of an impressive 10 billion pounds of copper and 18 million ounces of gold in an overall resource. Western Copper and Gold trades on the TSX and the NYSE American with WRN. Be sure to follow the company via their website, www.westerncopperandgold.com. Mining Stock Daily is produced by: www.clearcreekdigital.com www.investmentresearchdynamics.com (Mining Stock Journal)

Gold pulled back to $1315 on Tuesday as it continues to trade in an upward sloping trading channel. Cormark Securities gives a "Buy" rating to Minera Alamos in a recent analysis. Cardinal Resources and Contact Gold have new exploration results available. Fortuna Silver Mines reports updated mineral reserve and resource estimates. Barkerville announces a $20M bought deal. We'd like to than our sponsors! Integra Resources trades on the TSX-V under ITR and the OTCQX under IRRZF. Integra Resource is advancing its past producing DeLamar (DeL - a - Marr ) Gold-Silver project in SW Idaho through aggressive drilling and exploration. An updated Resources Estimate is expected in Q2 and a maiden PEA in H2 2019. The management of Integra successfully sold its previous brownfields project for C$590 million in summer 2017. Read more about the company and its successful management team at integraresources.com. Minera Alamos is traded with the symbol MAI on the TSX-Venture Exchange and with MAIFF in the US OTC Markets. Minera is an advanced stage exploration and development company with multiple low cap-ex projects in Mexico. Read more about their development strategies at mineraalamos.com. Brixton Metals is a precious metals exploration and development company which owns four high-potential gold silver and base metals project in both the US and in Canada. It’s Atlin Gold Project in British Columbia has shown exceptional exploration potential, returning up to 509 grams per ton gold over 5.57 meters at the project’s Yellowjacket zone. Read more about Atlin and the other projects under Brixton’s portfolio by visiting brixtonmetals.com. Brixton trades on the TSX venture under BBB and on the US OTC with BBBXF. Western Copper and Gold is focused on developing the world-class Casino project in Canada's Yukon Territory. The Casino project consists of an impressive 10 billion pounds of copper and 18 million ounces of gold in an overall resource. Western Copper and Gold trades on the TSX and the NYSE American with WRN. Be sure to follow the company via their website, www.westerncopperandgold.com. Mining Stock Daily is produced by: www.clearcreekdigital.com www.investmentresearchdynamics.com (Mining Stock Journal)

Gold was up $22 from Friday's close and silver up $0.22. The Mining Stock Journal provides some analysis on the move. Doug Ramshaw of Minera Alamos discusses the company's recent sale of gold and silver from its heap leach pad at Santana. EMX Royalties is now a large shareholder of Norra Metals. Osisko Mining provides a resource estimate for the Garrison gold deposit. Sandstorm shares its 2018 numbers and guidance for this year. Barkerville shares exploration drilling results from Cariboo. Renaissance Gold signs earn-in agreement with Oceana Gold. We'd like to thank our sponsors! Integra Resources trades on the TSX-V under ITR and the OTCQX under IRRZF. Integra Resource is advancing its past producing DeLamar (DeL - a - Marr ) Gold-Silver project in SW Idaho through aggressive drilling and exploration. An updated Resources Estimate is expected in Q2 and a maiden PEA in H2 2019. The management of Integra successfully sold its previous brownfields project for C$590 million in summer 2017. Read more about the company and its successful management team at integraresources.com. Minera Alamos is traded with the symbol MAI on the TSX-Venture Exchange and with MAIFF in the US OTC Markets. Minera is an advanced stage exploration and development company with multiple low cap-ex projects in Mexico. Read more about their development strategies at mineraalamos.com. Thank you for your support! Brixton Metals is a precious metals exploration and development company which owns four high-potential gold silver and base metals project in both the US and in Canada. It’s Atlin Gold Project in British Columbia has shown exceptional exploration potential, returning up to 509 grams per ton gold over 5.57 meters at the project’s Yellowjacket zone. Read more about Atlin and the other projects under Brixton’s portfolio by visiting brixtonmetals.com. Brixton trades on the TSX venture under BBB and on the US OTC with BBBXF. Western Copper and Gold is focused on developing the world-class Casino project in Canada's Yukon Territory. The Casino project consists of an impressive 10 billion pounds of copper and 18 million ounces of gold in an overall resource. Western Copper and Gold trades on the TSX and the NYSE American with WRN. Be sure to follow the company via their website, www.westerncopperandgold.com. Mining Stock Daily is produced by: www.clearcreekdigital.com www.investmentresearchdynamics.com (Mining Stock Journal)

In today's news, Endeavor Silver provides their 2019 production and cost guidance. Barkerville Gold Mines shares final 2018 exploration drilling results. Excellon Resources hits high-grade silver at Platosa. We'd like to thank our sponsors! Integra trades on the TSX Venture exchange with the symbol ITR and in the US OTC market with IRRZF. The primary focus of Integra is the advancement of its DeLamar and Florida Mountain Gold-Silver Deposit on the DeLamar Project in southwestern Idaho. Read more about the company and its successful management team at integraresources.com. Minera Alamos is traded with the symbol MAI on the TSX-Venture Exchange and with MAIFF in the US OTC Markets. Minera is is an advanced stage exploration and development company with multiple low cap-ex projects in Mexico. Read more about their development strategies at mineraalamos.com. Thank you for your support! Mining Stock Daily is produced by: www.clearcreekdigital.com www.investmentresearchdynamics.com (Mining Stock Journal)

I’m in Cariboo Regional District of British Columbia in Quesnel. Located in the center of the city along Highway 97 is a brewery with a brand connection back to the regions gold rush days, Barkerville Brewing. I sat down with their Brewmaster Erin Dale. Cascadian Beer Podcast Website: http://cascadian.beer Facebook: http://facebook.com/cascadianbeer Twitter: http://twitter.com/cascadianbeer Podcast created and hosted by: Aaron Johnson Recorded on location at Barkerville Brewing Co. - Quesnel, BC Editing & mixing by: Aaron Johnson Theme music by: A:M (Aaron Johnson & Danny Moffat) Support the show.

Goldcorp partners with IBM's Watson to develop new technology, new drill results from Cartier's Chimo Mine, Barkerville's $19 million financing, and Treasury Metals shares an update on their financing terms.

In today's rundown of junior mining and exploration news: US Gold has begun drilling at Keystone, Western Copper & Gold has been significantly de-risked, Premier Gold provides Q3 financials, Impact Silver is raising some money, and new Barkerville exploration drilling results. Mining Stock Daily is produced by: www.clearcreekdigital.com www.investmentresearchdynamics.com

An old sanatorium near Kamloops; the premonitions that helped found Barkerville; a stove that heats itself at Hell's Gate - there are many creepy historical stories from around our province! Niki Reitmayer takes you on a ghoulish tour of British Columbia…

Chapter 1 Hot question of the day Happy Halloween! What is your favourite Halloween candy? Reese's PB cups Smarties O'Henry Other   Chapter 2 How does Surrey feel about New Westminster's statement that it should pay back the $50million spent on LRT planning? Should Surrey pay the $50 million back to Translink for the planning of LRT? New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote thinks so! While speaking on the Simi Sara Show yesterday, Cote explained why he thinks Surrey should foot the bill. Surrey Mayor-elect Doug McCallum says ‘no way' to paying the bill, and he joins us now to discuss why. Guest: Doug McCallum Surrey mayor-elect   Chapter 3 Haunted BC – Lady In Red Have you heard of the Lady in Red? She's an old patron of the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver who allegedly came back to haunt the hotel after her death. Niki Reitmayer has the story…   Chapter 4 Flashing Lights and Risky Behaviour A study from UBC has found some interesting links between the sights and sounds at casinos, and risky behaviour. According to this study, flashing lights and the jingles and sounds that accompany games at Casino's, encourage problematic gambling behaviour. Catharine Winstanley, senior author for the study, found that people were more aroused when winning outcomes were accompanied by these sensory stimulators. Guest: Catharine Winstanley UBC Professor Behavioural Neuroscience   Chapter 5 Haunted BC - Fort Langley Fort Langley is one of the (if not THE) oldest landmark in Metro Vancouver. The fort was built in 1827 as a trading post for the Hudson's Bay Company. So it's no surprise with that much history that there are many ghost stories attached to this old site. Niki Reitmayer has one of those eerie tales for you now…   Chapter 6 Is former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson's gravy train coming to an end? Prime Minister says he be reviewing expenses Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he'll reconsider the perks and supports Canada gives former governors general.  Trudeau says people who serve as governor general offer great service to Canada and deserve support in the years after they retire, but Canadians expect accountability for how public money is spent. The federal government's books show that Adrienne Clarkson, who was governor general from 1999 to 2005, has billed more than one-million dollars in expenses since leaving the job.  Besides their pensions, former governors general can get public funding for office expenses and travel. The program has existed since 1979, on the premise that governors general never truly retire. Guest: Brian Platt Parliament Hill Reporter for the National Post   Chapter 7 Haunted BC – Tales from Around BC An old sanatorium near Kamloops; the premonitions that helped found Barkerville; a stove that heats itself at Hell's Gate - there are many creepy historical stories from around our province! Niki Reitmayer takes you on a ghoulish tour of British Columbia…   Chapter 8 CKNW and Global News Leadership Series: Brian Scudamore Brian started his business in Vancouver, Canada at the age of 18, and later went on to franchise 1-800-GOT-JUNK? as a way to expand operations. Today, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? has 1000 trucks on the road throughout some 180 locations in Canada, the United States, and Australia. Brian has a new book coming out next week. It's called ‘WTF! Willing To Fail' and it is full of lessons you can apply to your own entrepreneurial endeavors. Guest: Brian Scudamore Founder & CEO of O2E Brands, including companies like 1-800-got-junk

Great Bear Resources announces a discovery of a new zone at its Dixie Project, Barkerville share more positive drilling results from Cariboo, and Energy Fuels is will be the only vanadium producer in North America. Mining Stock Daily is Produced by: www.clearcreekdigital.com www.investmentresearchdynamics.com

Happy New Year from the Northern Miner team and welcome to 2018! Let's take a look at mining and metals to start a new year. (5:21) We're kicking it off with an action-packed episode focused on one of our favourite emergent themes in mining: innovation and technology! Matt sits down with Goldcorp's (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) vice-president technology Luis Canepari, and Finger Food Studios' director of business affairs and operations Graham Cunliffe. We're talking machine learning, virtual reality, and the Internet of Things! (9:07) Luis outlines Goldcorp's approach to research and development, and explains the benefits of forcing cutting-edge internet technology partnerships. The company is investing in exciting advances such as artificial intelligence (AI) to improve exploration potential, remotely-monitored autonomous equipment and machinery, and augmented-reality holographic displays. Graham discusses the practical applications of AI, machine learning, and virtual reality in the mining space. He also digs into some of the successes, and challenges, that come with partnering with established, large-scale industrial businesses. Meanwhile, Lesley ventures down the mathematical rabbit hole with TriStar Gold vice-president (TSXV: TSG; US-OTC: TSGZF) Mo Srivastava, who is an industry-leading geologist and geostatistician. (39:45) They chat about the application of geostatistics in the industry, and what platforms and processes are available to explorers. Don't miss the conversation on Novo Resources' (TSXV: NVO; US-OTC: NSRPF) Karratha gold project in Western Australia and Barkerville Gold Mines (TSXV: BGM; US-OTC BGMZF) Cow Mountain property in British Columbia! Finally, the Northern Miner is proud to welcome our inaugural weekly sponsor of the Mining Minute: McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX). Chairman and chief owner Rob McEwen joins us to chat about the company. (35:11) Articles referenced: In-depth interview: Barrick's Dushnisky and Goldcorp's Garofalo on gold mining's future: http://www.northernminer.com/people-in-mining/depth-interview-barricks-dushnisky-goldcorps-garofalo-gold-minings-future/1003787114/ Novo shares tumble on sampling woes at Purdy's Reward: http://www.northernminer.com/news/novo-shares-tumble-sampling-woes-purdys-reward/1003791713/ Barkerville sees long-term potential in Cariboo Gold: http://www.northernminer.com/news/barkerville-sees-long-term-potential-b-c-s-cariboo-gold-district/1003785318/ Nevada green-lights McEwen Mining's Gold Bar: http://www.northernminer.com/news/mcewen-mining-start-building-gold-bar-nevada/1003791264/ Video: Progressive Mine Forum 2017: www.northernminer.com/news/progressi…am/1003790631/ BMO's Hamilton on industrial and commodity outlook: http://www.northernminer.com/news/bmos-hamilton-industrial-commodity-outlook/1003792601/ Music Credits: "OctoBlues" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "AcidJazz" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Isolated" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This week we're digging into trends in junior mining and capital markets! Matt chats with PwC Canada's National Mining Leader Liam Fitzgerald about the recently-released Junior mine 2017 report. We dig into recent "upward trends in cash balances and deal activity" (9:05) on the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index and talk commodity trends and market outlooks heading into 2018. Liam discusses the importance of exploration investment and highlights the importance of building a cohesive narrative when it comes to financing venture companies (17:16). He mentions two juniors specifically, including: Barkerville Gold Mines (TSXV: BGM) and Cobalt 27 Capital's (TSXV: KBLT) $200-million initial public offering (IPO). Matt asks about the emerging "technology metal," or green economy, and how it structurally differs from traditional mining companies. (18:15) Also lithium! (20:45) Liam also provides some insight in the global economy and what the expect heading into 2018. (22:00) Meanwhile, Matt sits down with Lisa Davis, the CEO of PearTree Securities, during our Sponsorship Spotlight to talk about the innovative charity flow-through financing model. (27:45) Lisa explains the corporate social responsibility (CSR) implications of PearTree's work and underlines the importance of executive-level diversity for mining companies. Lisa also explores some trends in junior mine finance, including Goldcorp's (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) goal to invest $100 million in a portfolio of junior explorers. Articles referenced: Barkerville sees long-term potential in Cariboo Gold: http://www.northernminer.com/news/barkerville-sees-long-term-potential-b-c-s-cariboo-gold-district/1003785318/ Osisko Gold to buy Orion's royalties for $1.1B: http://www.northernminer.com/news/osisko-gold-buy-orions-royalty-portfolio-1-1b/1003786858/ PearTree helps industry give back via charity flow-through: http://www.northernminer.com/financial-matters/pear-tree-helps-industry-give-back-via-charity-flow-through/1003627850/ Cobalt 27 offers ‘pure play': www.northernminer.com/news/cobalt-27…re/1003787537/ Editorial: Iamgold's Letwin tells of hard lessons learned in keynote at PMF: www.northernminer.com/people-in-mini…mf/1003790723/ Video: Progressive Mine Forum 2017: www.northernminer.com/news/progressi…am/1003790631/ Roundup 2017: Goldcorp scouts out investments in juniors: http://www.northernminer.com/news/goldcorp-scouts-investments-junior-explorers/1003783272/ Music Credits: "Exciting Trailer" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Isolated" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Look Out Bears, There's a Train Coming In episode 34 I talked about the incredible success that Banff National Park has had in terms of reducing the number of animals, such as grizzly bears, that are being killed along our highways. The system of over and underpasses that have been pioneered here are now serving as a template for many new areas that are trying to emulate Banff's successes. You can listen to the full episode at www.mountainnaturepodcast.com/ep034. While the highways have been getting safer and safer as the system of fencing and crossing structures are expanded, the one area that still shows little improvement is the Canadian Pacific Railway line through the mountain parks. Canadian Pacific has worked closely with Parks Canada over the years to look at a variety of ways to try to reduce the numbers of animals that perish along tracks. Back in episode 19, I described some of the principle research being done on bear impacts along the tracks. You can listen to it at www.mountainnaturepodcast.com/ep019. In this episode, researchers looked into the timing and location of fatalities. They found that, while more bears use the tracks in the western end of Banff, more bears were being killed in the eastern portions of the park. One of the conclusions was that the eastern portions are often closer to the busy highways which may have made it difficult for bears to hear the approach of trains. The bears also may need to have better sightlines so that they can see approaching trains from a greater distance. Another study proposed another theory as to why bears in the west edge of the park fare better than those farther east - The Boss - Bear 122. The Boss is a regular visitor to the tracks in the western portions of Banff and into Yoho National Park and he's even been bounced off a freight train and walked away unharmed. One theory is that the Boss is so protective of the tracks that other bears simply don't feel safe approaching his turf. Since he has been patrolling the tracks, no confirmed bear death has occurred since 2012. However, between 2000 and 2012, 14 grizzlies were killed along the tracks within Banff's east border and the west end of Yoho. Perhaps the Boss is helping to keep the tracks safer. Another study that I discuss in Episode 19 showed that an estimated 110 metric tonnes of grains are spilled along the tracks within Banff and Yoho every year - enough to support the annual food needs of some 50 grizzlies! This week, I want to look at a new study that has been looking into just how much bears use the tracks as well as what foods were making the tracks so attractive. While there are obvious attractants, like grain spills and carrion, researchers did not know what the relative importance of each of these were to the bears. Between 2011 and 12, they placed satellite collars on 21 different bears. The collars provided information on their position every 2 hours. In addition, they analyzed 230 grizzly scats collected between May and October over the years 2012 to 2014. Surprisingly, of the 21 grizzlies, only 4 were regular visitors to the CPR main line. These bears visited the tracks in excess of 20% of the days on which their movements were monitored. Scat samples from these four bears all occasionally contained grain. In fact, 43% of all grizzly scat samples found within 150 m of the tracks contained some grain. Beyond 150 m, the incidence of grain dropped to a mere 7%. It appears grain is a more important food in the fall, as 85% of the scat samples found near the tracks contained grain at this time as compared to only 14% in the summer and 17% in the spring. This makes sense when we look at the seasonally available food sources and behaviour of bears during the summer. Earlier in the season, there is a wider variety of available foods. In late summer, the buffaloberry crop disappears with the first frosts and then food becomes more scarce for the remainder of the season. An easy feed of grain would be a strong attractor for bears, just like unharvested crabapple and cherry trees in communities can serve to attract bears. Grain wasn't the only thing bringing these 4 bears to the rail lines, scat found close to the tracks was also more likely to contain the hair of elk, deer and moose. According to the study's results, three of the four bears visiting the tracks were quite young. researcher Cassady St. Clair was quoted in a CBC news story: "We learned that eating grain is something only a few bears specialized in doing." Cassady St. Clair says, "Three could be put into one category, they were teenagers and skinny and probably having a tough time making a living." The fourth bear, the Boss was being attracted, not by grain, but by the carcasses of elk, deer and moose that had been killed by the trains. This report shows that it's especially important to reduce or remove grain spills later in the season, as well as removing the carcasses of other rail killed animals. Since 1982, 1,256 large animals have been killed by trains in Banff and Yoho National Parks including five different types of hoofed animals and four different carnivore species. Since 1998, train collisions have become the number one cause of death for grizzlies within these parks. This most recent study has provided some great additional information as to what is attracting the bears, and just how important those foods are on a season by season basis. Researchers are now getting a much better understanding about the role train tracks play in attracting animals and at the same time, some of the challenges that animals face when suddenly encountering a rapidly moving train. Some animals freeze when they see the train, others futilely try to outrun the train. Better sightlines can help, but what if there was another way - a wildlife alarm that sounded early enough to startle the animals off of the tracks, before the train becomes a danger? Johnathan Backs is a PhD student and he is working on just such a system. He has developed an innovative way to create an loud shrill beeping sound for a full 30 seconds before a train approaches. The battery operated device senses the vibrations of an oncoming train and then emits its warning sound. While this may not frighten a bear, the hope is that the bears will learn from experience that the sound indicates that a train is approaching and that they should move away from the tracks. The fact that small numbers of bears are regular visitors may also help to increase the devices effectiveness. Since bears learn through experience, a repetitive warning may help to give them plenty of time to move to safety. It's so important that research like these studies continue to be supported within the mountain west. The more we understand the behaviour of our local animals, the better we will be able to coexist with them. Perhaps one of the most useful things that would help reduce animal mortality would be to slow trains down as they move throughout the parks, just like we do with cars. However, that's a decision that would come with a great deal of resistance by CP who's tracks are ever-busier. Next up…The Cariboo Gold Rush becomes a Bonanza The Cariboo Part 2 Last week I introduced you to the first discoveries of gold in British Columbia, and described how it led to the creation of the Crown Colony of British Columbia, while also necessitating the development of the first wagon roads into the interior of the future province. By the summer of 1860, there were more and more seasoned miners arriving on the scene. These were miners that had been part of earlier rushes and learned the tricks of the trade, including how to read the signs and had a great sense for where to look for gold. George W. Weaver, William Ross Keithley and John A Rose arrived on the Fraser this same year and convinced Ranald MacDonald to guide them into the area where gold had been discovered. As they explored the area north of Cariboo Lake, they found gold along a small creek that they dubbed Keithley. While Rose and MacDonald decided to move on, Keithley and Weaver remained to work the creek. In the end, they decided that the creek just wasn't yielding enough and left the area to follow their comrades. While they were on the creek though, less experienced miners began to crowd the creek with claims and before long, a small hamlet called Keithley sprang up. Today, it's yet another ghost town left behind when the last miners moved on to other sites. For Keithley and Weaver, they followed the creek for a while and then crossed a small divide to another creek where they caught up with MacDonald and Rose. The creek became known as Antler Creek. They were beaming from ear to ear about the potential of the creek and showed them some rusty-coloured gold nuggets. For the moment, they had this spot to themselves. It was only a matter of time before others arrived at the site because secrets never stayed secret in the Cariboo. They were each entitled to one claim, as well as a second 30 x 30 metre claim as the discoverers of the site. They decided to survey the area for the best sites, stake their eight claims, and then work the other areas until they began to run short of supplies. Keithley and Weaver were selected to head back to Keithley Town to gather winter supplies. They had to be very careful though. If word slipped out about the new discovery, they would be inundated with gold-hungry greenhorns all looking to strike it rich. The gold from this new creek had a definitely reddish colour, so they would use gold leftover from Keithley Creek to buy the supplies. They didn't want the gold's colour to betray their plans. They put on their best poker faces and headed to Keithley Town. Unfortunately, they were too well known. Heading back to a town named after you it turned out was a poor way to remain unnoticed. A large group of men already kitted out and wearing snowshoes was waiting for them as they tried to sneak out of town. At the same time, fresh snow had made sure that it would be easy for scads of miners to follow their fresh tracks in the snow and so it was that the Antler Creek discovery became known far and wide. Antler Creek produced fabulous amounts of gold with some claims being as high as $450/day and another bearing $300/day per miner. By June of 1861, Antlertown had 60 buildings including a sawmill, saloons, stores, homes and many tents. With gold comes robberies. On August 17, 1861, a story in the British Colonist reported: “Robberies are not infrequent in Antler. Recently, $130 in gold dust and two pistols were taken from Cameron’s Golden Age Saloon. A slight stabbing affair is also noted. Watson and Taylor’s Minstrels are still performing at Antler.” Hopeful miners continued to arrive, and as Antler Creek became claimed out, many fanned out to other creeks. New discoveries occurred along Williams, Lightning, Lowhee, and Grouse Creeks. Antlertown became the service centre for these new sites. During the winter of 1860-61, there was a party of six miners sharing a single camp. They included Murtz j. Collins, Michael Costin Brown, John "Kansas" Metz, Wilhelm Dietz (a Prussian ex-sailor), James Costello, and Michael Burns. Costello, Burns and Dietz had wandered off to prospect and suddenly returned wide-eyed to report a new discovery in a creek not too far distant. Brown, Dietz and Costello headed back to the creek. Here is Brown's accounting of the discovery: "We crossed the divide, eventually making the headwaters of the creek and after some time we travelled to a place near a little gulch or canyon, where we camped for the night, building a little shelter. On the following morning we separated to prospect the stream, agreeing to meet again at night to report progress. The story of that day's prospecting, which we recalled over the campfire, has become a  matter of mining history in British Columbia. "Dutch Bill" made the best prospect, striking pay dirt at $125 a pan. Costello and I had done pretty well, finding dirt worth a dollar or so a pan. You can well imagine we were well pleased with the day's exertions and each man in his heart felt that we had discovered very rich ground. I shall not forget the discussion that took place as to the name to be given to the creek. Dutch Bill was for having it called "Billy Creek" because he had found the best prospects of the three. I was quite agreeable, but I stipulated that Mr. William [sic] Dietz should buy the first basket of champagne that reached the creek. This appealed to Costello and so the creek was then and there named - not Billy Creek, but William's Creek. " In a story reminiscent of so many before them, as they tried to secretly record their claims, and purchase supplies, the news leaked out and the tracks in the snow once again led a pilgrimage of panners to their diggings. As the fickle finger of fate would have it, the original six discoverers didn't pick the best claims and one by one, they sold out and moved on, six more disappointed souls amidst a bonanza lottery. Thousands came to the Cariboo with the hope of easy wealth, most left broken and broke…and some never left at all, but were buried in lonely graves in places long forgotten. Around this time, another American party led by Richard Willoughby accompanied by Asa and Thomas Patterson and Hanson Tilton arrived. As they explored upstream of Williams Creek and descended into a valley where they came across a lake that they named Jack of Clubs Lake. From Jack of Clubs Lake, they found a stream that flowed through a narrow canyon and almost immediately they came across promising gravels. They had it all to themselves - for the moment, and so they didn't rush the process of staking out their claims. They decided to take as much time as it required to find the very best gravels. This was a canny plan for, as had happened so often in the past, when they did finally head back to civilization for supplies, the multitudes followed them back to the Lowhee. Lowhee was not only incredibly gold rich, but it was an easy creek to work. It represented the start of hard rock mining as the gravels, rather than being panned, were removed to expose the bedrock little more than a metre below. In the bedrock were embedded huge nuggets of gold. Willoughby's group mined for just five weeks and left the area with four thousand ounces worth of nuggets. George Weaver and William Keithley also joined the miners at this site and had to build a 6 km long flume in order to carry water to their site, but the gold was far richer than any expense. Ranald MacDonald also walked away with a fortune before selling his claim to John Rose for a 320-ounce poke of gold. As the stories began to spread, miners that had been working played out creeks further downstream on the Fraser and Thompson Rivers abandoned them and headed to the Cariboo. Of all the creeks thought, Williams Creek was the richest. Towns began to spring up along its length with names like Richfield, Barkerville and, dear to my heart, Camerontown.  As the miners began to look deeper into the gravels of Williams Creek, they began to find the real paydirt. Above the Williams Creek Canyon, the gravels were shallow, usually less than 2-3 metres before the miners would reach a layer of hard blue clay. This was where the gold nuggets lay. On one claim, owned by two men named Abbot and Jourdan, Abbot managed to find 48 ounces in just 36 hours. Further downstream, deep shafts of up to 24 metres along with dense cribwork were required. Isaiah Diller, an American found vast wealth in his claim after reaching bedrock. His crew sook somewhere in the neighbourhood of 11.3 and 45.3 kg of gold in the first few days. Diller claimed that he wouldn't leave the mine until he had mined his weight of 109 kg as well as the weight of his rather weighty dog at 45.3 kg. Unlike most of the miners, Diller didn't squander his riches and some of his original gold is still in the Diller family. Perhaps the most well-known name in the Cariboo is that of William or Billy Barker. Hailing from Norfolk, England, Barker had abandoned his wife and daughter in order to follow the siren song of easy riches in the California gold fields. While he was in the States, his wife passed away and so he followed the news of new discoveries in the Cariboo. His first claim provided enough gold to allow him to buy several others by selling shares in his mine. As winter arrived, he left the frigid shores of Williams Creek for the more gentle climates of Victoria B.C. In the spring of 1862, the Puget Sound Herald reported: The excitement respecting the Cariboo mines is fast reaching fever heat in this vicinity. People will not think of or talk about anything else, even the battles of the Rebellion are forgotten or cease to interest them, so engrossing is the subject of the new mines. Everybody talks of going to the Cariboo diggings in the spring. We may, therefore, confidently look for a rush to these mines next season, equaled only by the Fraser River excitement of '58. So far as we can learn every miner from this new gold field has brought with him from $5,000 to $20,000, all of which has been obtained in the short space of two or three months." By the end of May, some 6,000 miners had arrived at the Cariboo, many hoping to be able to claim workings abandoned by miners that had hadn't returned to their claims. Barker partnered with 6 other miners and headed back to the Cariboo to found the Barker Company. They staked 7 claims further downriver, despite ridicule from other miners who thought their decision folly, thinking he would have to go impossibly deep before finding paydirt. Barker did have to go deep - almost 16 metres before hitting bedrock. He was getting $5 for each pan of dirt. Working close to Barker was John "Cariboo" Cameron, but he moved even further down the creek where he found rich diggings. By the end of the season, Barker had found clays that gave them an ounce for every three pans. As they went even deeper, they found a small crevice that gave them 60 oz of gold. By the end of the season, his 7-claims had produced $600,000 of gold. He headed back to Victoria and married Elizabeth Collyer. She would be his undoing. Over the course of 1862, the colonies produced $2,656,903 worth of gold, but that was just a prelude to 1863 which really showed the riches of the Cariboo. The wealth of the area led to a townsite rising from the muds that was known as Barkerville. Before long, it claimed to be the largest city west of Chicago and north of San Francisco. Elizabeth was in her element and enjoyed the attentions of all the men much younger than Billy. Elizabeth was allowed to spend freely and became a regular at the saloons. His gold production couldn't keep pace with her spending habits and bit by bit, he sold off shares of his company. It wasn't long before the mine was played out and the party was over for Billy and Elizabeth. He left the Cariboo as he had arrived - pennyless. Cariboo Cameron was staked by Bob Stevenson, after meeting him in the Royal Hotel in Victoria. Stevenson was taken by Cameron and they headed to the gold fields along Williams Creek. Along the way, Stevenson bought supplies and hired packers to ferry them to the gold fields where they could be sold for a tidy profit.  Stevenson, along with Cameron and 6 other partners claimed an area below Billy Barkers claim. Next to this claim, Henry Beatty and John Wilson staked a claim that brought them a fortune. Beatty invested in shipbuilding. Wilson became known as the 'Cattle King' of Kamloops. Cameron's party had a difficult time at the beginning, but after sinking a new shaft. Stevenson later related: "On 22 December we struck it very rich at 22 feet. It was 30 feet below and Dick Rivers called up from the shaft: 'the place is yellow with gold. Look here boys,' at the same time holding up a flat rock the size of a dinner plate. I laid down on the platform and peered into the shaft. I could see the gold standing out on the rock as he held it. He sent a piece up and I got one ounce of gold. Then Cameron started down the shaft, and while he was down, I took my pick and went through some of the frozen stuff that had been sent up that morning and got another ounce before he came up again. Out of three 12-gallon kegs of gravel I got $155 worth of gold. Sinking, we found bedrock at 38 feet. It was good all the way down to here, but the richest was at 22 feet strange to say". By this time, winter was upon them and further mining was going to have to wait for warmer temperatures. They returned in April of 1863 and between July and August, they employed 75 miners as yet another townsite arose from the mud to be christened Camerontown. On October 22, 1863, Doc. Walter Cheadle and Viscount William Milton passed through the area. Dr. Cheadle wrote: "We met a small bullwork wagon escorted by about 20 men on foot. This proved to contain 630 pounds of gold, the profits of Mr. Cameron, and the principal shareholder of the noted Cameron claim. The gold, worth about 30,000 pounds, had been amassed in the short space of three months and represents less than one-half of the actual production of the mine during that time. " The mine made a fortune and Cameron left at the end of the season. During the summer of 1863, the mine produced between 40 to 112 ounces each of three daily shifts. Cameron personally left with $150,000 for his three months at the mine. Unfortunately, his later investments outside of the gold fields never panned out and by 1886 he was broke. He was buried in Barkerville in 1888. 1863 was the biggest year for gold production in the Cariboo. This summer the mines produced far more gold than California's gold fields at their peak. In total, 1863 officially yielded up $3,913,563 worth of gold although some estimates were  as high as 6 million dollars. 1863 also brought continuing improvements to the road access into the interior. As the government began to widen the main Cariboo Wagon Road. The government planned a much wider, 5.5 m wide road that would allow wagons to easily pass. The project ended up being much more difficult than originally planned and the contractors, men like Walter Moberly, Thomas Spence and Gustafus Wright took the narrow mule trails and created a permanent link into the wild interior of the future province of British Columbia. The gold rush, along with Governor James Douglas really helped to create the conditions that would bring a new province into the fledgling country of Canada. In less than a decade, on July 20, 1871 it joined Canada as a full province. The promise of a railroad would link this new nation from coast to coast and become the tie that binds Canada together. James Douglas really does deserve the moniker of the "Father of British Columbia" due to his tireless efforts to manage the gold fields, the filing of claims and the reporting of each mines takings. The roads he spearheaded changed the nature of the province forever. Today, you can still visit many the old sites that were important during the heyday of the Cariboo including Barkerville, Williams Lake, Horsefly, and Quesnel. I'll leave a link in the show notes to a good driving tour brochure to help guide your explorations (http://cariboord.ca/uploads/heritage/drivingFINALweb.pdf). For more detailed travel and exploration information, visit www.goldrustrail.ca   And with that, it's time to wrap this episode up. If you're looking for a guide to help you experience the stories behind the mountain scenery, our expert guides are ready to help you explore. To book your tour, guided hike, wildlife biology safari or speaker, drop me a line at info@wardcameron.com. You can visit us at www.WardCameron.com or hit me up on Twitter @wardcameron. And with that said, the sun's out and it's time to go hiking. I'll talk to you next week.

Joe Leary and Rick Mohabir broadcast from the Westward Ho at UBC and are joined by Foamer's Folly, Two Wolves Beer, Twa Dogs Brewing, Barkerville beer and more!

OK so listening back to this episode, I had such an amazing experience. Lucy is such a funny, amazing talented kind-hearted friend and I am so happy to have her in my life. In this episode we talked about how Lucy is Vancouver's comedy queen, how Jacq Smith SLAYS us in everything we do, How Keri Minty thought me how to love dance, and I spoke in the worst English accent of all time. Go visit Lucy in Barkerville, and check her out in Joseph this November!

This week we explore Canada following Lesley's country-wide review of geological camps. We dig into emerging exploration techniques and jursidictions, while Lesley talks about some of the insights she's picked up along the way, and what emerging Canadian geological stories have caught her interest. We discuss Barkerville Gold Mines' (TSXV: BGM) exploration efforts in British Columbia, Osisko Mining's (TSX: OSK) aggressive drilling at its Windfall Lake project 200 km northeast of Val-d'Or, Quebec, and discovery upside in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Meanwhile, Matt sits down with Trevali Mining (TSX: TV) president and CEO, Dr. Mark Cruise, to chat about the company's transformational, $400-million deal with super major Glencore (LON: GLEN). We cover the growing partnership between the two companies, Cruise's thoughts on operating in Africa, and the state of zinc markets. Timeline: Show summary: 0:30 Macro economic roundup: 2:50 Geology Corner - Canadian roundup edition: 5:37 Trevali CEO Dr. Mark Cruise on Glencore deal: 27:45 Update on TNM's Canadian Mining Symposium on May 9: 35:25 Articles referenced: Trevali CEO discusses Glencore deal, zinc markets: http://www.northernminer.com/news/trevali-ceo-discusses-glencore-deal-zinc-markets/1003784876/ Osisko takes stake in Barkerville: http://www.northernminer.com/news/osisko-mining-takes-stake-barkerville/1003776375/ When the east pushed back: The geology and metal districts of BC and Yukon: http://www.northernminer.com/news/east-pushed-back-geology-metal-districts-western-canada/1003782382/ The geology behind Quebec's world-class metal districts: http://www.northernminer.com/news/geology-behind-quebecs-world-class-metal-districts/1003777813/ PDAC 2017: Copper, zinc looking good for 2017: http://www.northernminer.com/commodities-markets/pdac-2017-copper-zinc-looking-good-2017/1003784440/ Robert Friedland, Lukas Lundin to be featured speakers at TNM's Canadian Mining Symposium in London: www.northernminer.com/stock-markets-…on/1003784168/ Osisko calls Windfall a ‘company maker': http://www.northernminer.com/people-in-mining/osisko-mining-says-windfall-project-quebec-will-company-maker/1003777728/ Music Credit: Energy Recorded by Bensound (www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/energy) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0 Music Credit: Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Produced by Barkerville Historic Town & Park (www.barkerville.ca) comes a brand new podcast called History Town. Hosted by popular historian and comedy writer Matthew Quick, History Town is a show where interpreters, historians and story tellers sit down and talk about their own personal stories. This week's episode features: Matthew Quick. Matthew is the host of History Town and all around good guy. Hear him and James discuss his years in Barkerville, Theatre Royal and what lead him to pick up the microphone and discuss history. Also I sit down with the James Douglas where we discuss winter activities in Barkerville and Updates on James's upcoming production of Stephen King's "The Doctor's Case". The Doctor's Case Movie Project on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2j5DHLI. www.thedoctorsmovie.com History Town twitter.com/history_town info@historytown.ca Matthew Quick - Host/Producer twitter.com/TheQuickMatt Matt@historytown.ca James Douglas - Manager, Visitor Experiences James@historytown.ca Dirk Van Stralen - Media Production Services twitter.com/vanstralen Dirk@historytown.ca PodCast Break Down: 0:40 Intro 1:20 Conversation with James Douglas 27:15 Sit down talk with Matthew Quick 1:28:00 Outro 1:29:20- Song of the week: "Come Down" by Jer Breaks. See the music video on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdZlp68UH3A Jer Breaks on twitter - @JerBreaks B A R K E R V I L L E H I S T O R I C T O W N & P A R K Box 19 | 14301 Highway 26 East | Barkerville, BC | V0K 1B0 250-994-3302 ext. 41 | 888-994-3332 toll free | 250-255-7938 cell barkerville.ca | barkervilleblog.com | facebook.com/barkervillebc

Matt and Lesley kick-off Roundup 2017 with a British Columbia and Yukon extravaganza! This week's episode includes a Geology Corner focused on B.C. and Yukon geology, including the formation of orogenic gold deposits, porphyry systems, and the similarities between the Barkerville and Klondike gold camps! Meanwhile, Matt sits down with Yukon Mining Alliance Chair Paul West-Sells, also president and CEO of Western Copper and Gold (TSX: WRN; NYSE-MKT: WRN), to chat about the entrance of majors Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) and Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) into the territory. We also tackle the new Liberal government in the Yukon and how the jurisdiction is shaping up this year. Bonus: Geoscience B.C. is set to release results from its Search II Project – the largest airborne geophysical survey conducted in Canada in 2016. Timeline: Show summary and macro economic report: 0:25 Geology Corner - B.C. and Yukon edition: 4:02 Geoscience B.C.'s Search II project: 20:53 YMA Chair Paul West-Sells: 22:20 Articles referenced: When the east pushed back: The geology and metal districts of BC and Yukon: http://www.northernminer.com/news/east-pushed-back-geology-metal-districts-western-canada/1003782382/ Yukon Snapshot: Three advanced projects: http://www.northernminer.com/news/yukon-snapshot-three-advanced-projects/1003782417/ Commentary: Mine development and exploration in BC — where we stand in 2017: www.northernminer.com/news/commentar…17/1003782562/ Editorial: Silver's Liberals bring ‘sunny ways' to the Yukon: http://www.northernminer.com/news/editorial-silvers-liberals-bring-sunny-ways-yukon/1003781191/ Site visit: Goldcorp VP Bergeron talks future of Coffee project: www.northernminer.com/news/goldcorp-…ct/1003775741/ Editorial: What a Trump presidency means for US miners: www.northernminer.com/regulatory-iss…rs/1003780881/ Music Credit: Energy Recorded by Bensound (www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/energy) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0 Music Credit: Beach Bum Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Produced by Barkerville Historic Town & Park (www.barkerville.ca) comes a brand new podcast called History Town. Hosted by popular historian and comedy writer Matthew Quick, History Town is a show where interpreters, historians and story tellers sit down and talk about their own personal stories. This week's episode features: David Radford. David Radford is a professional actor, writer, producer and interpreter. You can find out more from David Radford and his theatrical company at www.launchpadtheatre.com/. They have a Christmas show at Craigdarroch Castle located in Beautiful Victoria. Also I sit down with the James Douglas where we discuss winter activites in Barkerville and Jame's upcoming production of Stephen King's "The Doctor's Case". History Town twitter.com/history_town info@historytown.ca Matthew Quick - Host/Producer twitter.com/TheQuickMatt Matt@historytown.ca James Douglas - Manager, Visitor Experiences James@historytown.ca Dirk Van Stralen - Media Production Services twitter.com/vanstralen Dirk@historytown.ca PodCast Break Down: 0:40 Intro 1:20 Conversation with James Douglas 35:15 Sit down talk with David Radford 1:23:00 Outro 1:25:19- Song of the week: "Hard Rock Candy Mountain" performed by Willie Kuklis. www.williamkuklis.com/index.html B A R K E R V I L L E H I S T O R I C T O W N & P A R K Box 19 | 14301 Highway 26 East | Barkerville, BC | V0K 1B0 250-994-3302 ext. 41 | 888-994-3332 toll free | 250-255-7938 cell barkerville.ca | barkervilleblog.com | facebook.com/barkervillebc

Newly minted Sony company man John T. Drake has completed his cross-country trek just in time to discuss the mystery of Matt Kessler, the riddle of Dan Ryckert, the curse of historic Barkerville, and the dilemma of Dwayne Johnson.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5928697/advertisement

Newly minted Sony company man John T. Drake has completed his cross-country trek just in time to discuss the mystery of Matt Kessler, the riddle of Dan Ryckert, the curse of historic Barkerville, and the dilemma of Dwayne Johnson.

Gerhard's West Canada Euer Wegweiser den Westen Canadas für euch zu entdecken BC's El Dorado - Barkerville Begleitende Internetseite, Bilder und Kartenausschnitte www.gerhards-west-canada.de   In den bisherigen Folgen der Podcast-Serie Gerhard's West Canada hat man sich nahezu den ganzen Süden British Columbia's, sowie den Südwesten der Nachbarprovinz Alberta erschlossen. Es waren auch einige Tipps dabei das Reisen mit einem Wohnmobil betreffend, sowie was es bedeutet, seinen eigenen Camper in Kanada zu besitzen. Auch von Erlebnissen auf Entdeckungsfahrten mit dem Kanu wurde berichtet. In den Episoden ist man von Vancouver und Vancouver Island aus, durch die Region Thompson Okanagan und durch die Kootenay Rockies bis an die Rocky Mountains herangekommen. Dann in den Rockies vom Mount Robson Park im Norden, durch den Jasper und Banff National Park bis hinunter zum Waterton Lakes National Park im Süden an der Grenze zu den USA. Die Region Cariboo Chilcotin Coast hat so einiges zu bieten. Eine atemberaubende Landschaft mit einem unberschreiblichen Reichtum an Wildlife. Vom Küstengebirge und der zerklüfteten Küste selbst im Westen, über das bewaldete Seengebiet im Interior Plateau bis hin zu den den Rocky Mountains vorgelagerten Coast Mountains im Osten. Genauso wird in dieser Region aber auch die Geschichte gelebt. Zweigt man vom Cariboo Highway nach Osten ab, kommt man zu einem der beeindruckensten Historic Sites Kanada's, hier im Cariboo Destrict gelegen, zum BC's El Dorado - Barkerville Viel Vergnügen beim Zuhören, der Reiseplanung und natürlich dem Wichtigsten, der Reise selbst. Herzlichen Gruß Gerhard Ibl