British Columbia gold rushes were important episodes in the history and settlement of European, Canadian and Chinese peoples in western Canada. The presence...

minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune. Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in Australia, Greece, New Zealand, Brazil...

Canyon Gold Rush, (also Fraser Gold Rush and Fraser River Gold Rush) began in 1858 after gold was discovered on the Thompson River in British Columbia at...

of the same name, Alexandria. The Cariboo Gold Rush is the most famous of the gold rushes in British Columbia, so much so that it is sometimes erroneously...

Bend Gold Rush was a gold rush in the Big Bend Country of the Colony of British Columbia (now a Canadian province) in the mid-1860s. In 1861, the gold commissioner...

damaging the historic site. List of ghost towns in British Columbia British Columbia Gold Rushes "Fisherville (former locality)". BC Geographical Names...

Likely is an unincorporated community in British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the Cariboo region of the province, and is situated where the west...

the Leech River into the Sooke River in southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The ghost town, off BC Highway 1 is about 59 kilometres (37 mi) by...

River led to the Tulameen Gold Rush and the founding of Granite Creek and Tulameen. British Columbia Gold Rushes Fraser Canyon Gold Rush Encyclopedia of Ghost...

district municipality in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. The town is on the west shore of the Fraser River immediately north...