Barkerville Reborn as Provincial Historic Park Card
Barkerville in British Columbia, once a ghost town, has been restored as a provincial historic park recreating the 1868 gold rush town. More than 250000 visitors yearly travel the sixty mile route from Quesnel to experience gold panning Theatre Royal stage rides rock candy and the shops and cemetery while viewing the court house and Judge Baillie Begbie's reincarnated proceedings.
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Barkerville
B.C
Cariboo
Yesteryear
Mathew Baillie Begbie
Lions Club to publish Chetwynd Community Birthday Calendar
Chetwynd Lions Club plans a first year Community Birthday Calendar listing dates for meetings clubs school activities and local events. Committees gather information from churches clubs residents and merchants while next week’s paper will name area chairman Howard Wilson leads the effort. Proceeds fund further community service with calendars ready for December 15 delivery to help residents know what’s happening.
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Chetwynd Lions’ Club
Lions
Lion
Howard Wilson
Chetwynd
Lions Club
Ed Hoffman
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Quesnel
Theatre Royal
Billy Barkers Mine
Cottonwood
Judge Begbie
South Peace Publishing Ltd
Canada
Bunne Hoffman