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Location DB > Canada > British Columbia > Quesnel Forks > Quesnel Forks
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Quesnel Forks
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created by Forgotten BC on 1/24/2013 4:56 AM
last modified by Forgotten BC on 1/24/2013 5:03 AM
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Quesnel Forks also simply known as "The Forks" or grandly known as "Quesnel City" is a ghost town in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located the junction of the Quesnel and Cariboo Rivers and is 160 km southeast of Quesnel and only 11 km northwest of Likely.
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Type: Ghost town
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Recommendation: drop everything - must see
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Quesnel Forks, British Columbia
Canada
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  •  Hazards
     Interesting Features
    Half the town has been swept into the river over the past 8 years.
     Security Measures
     Historical Dates
    Built: 1860
    Closed: 0
     Required Equipment
  • long pants / sleeves
  • bug spray
  •  Recommended Equipment
    camera, binoculars, hiking boots
     History
    Quesnel Forks was founded in 1860 and was a major supply center for the Cariboo Gold Rush. Between 1860 and 1862 it catered to 2,000 or more transient miners annually and a resident population of approximately 100. When gold was discovered on Antler, Lightning and Williams Creek, on the north side of the Snowshoe Plateau, prospectors and packers continued to use the route via Quesnel Forks until a decent trail system was established via the Quesnel and the Cottonwood rivers. The Quesnel Forks Bridge (initially a toll bridge) provided the only access to the village and the mining regions of Keithley Creek and the Snowshoe Plateau until the 1920s. However, when the Cariboo Wagon Road was completed in 1865, Quesnel Forks was bypassed and Barkerville became the major center of gold mining activity.
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     Future Plans
    Today, visitors to Quesnel Forks can explore the restored pioneer buildings and historic cemetery. Historical research and work projects began in the 1990s under the leadership of the Likely Cemetery Society and teacher/historian David Falconer. The cemetery area was cleared and secured, graves identified with headboards, and the Chee Kung Tong house stabilized with the assistance of local residents. Thanks to people like Brian Giesbrecht and his crew who have been restoring the old buildings to save them from a slow death into the soil and from the river which is slowly eating away at the banks of the ghost town (half the town has been swept into the river over the past 8 years).
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    Thu, Jan 24th, 2013
    posted by Forgotten BC
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    Coolness 9 / 10
    Content Quality 10 / 10
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    This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Opheliaism on 1/24/2013 12:35 PM.

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  • on Jan 24 13 at 12:35, Opheliaism validated this location
  • on Jan 24 13 at 5:19, Forgotten BC made this location available
  • on Jan 24 13 at 5:18, Forgotten BC updated gallery picture Quesnel Forks
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  • on Jan 24 13 at 5:18, Forgotten BC updated gallery picture Quesnel Forks
  • on Jan 24 13 at 5:18, Forgotten BC updated gallery picture Quesnel Forks
  • on Jan 24 13 at 5:18, Forgotten BC updated gallery picture Quesnel Forks
  • on Jan 24 13 at 5:18, Forgotten BC updated gallery picture Quesnel Forks
  • on Jan 24 13 at 5:18, Forgotten BC updated gallery picture Quesnel Forks
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