Barkerville

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heritage site historic town open-air museum

Barkerville is a historic gold rush town in British Columbia, Canada, preserved today as a heritage site showcasing life during the 19th-century Cariboo Gold Rush.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Barkerville canonical	5
Barkerville Historic Town	3
Barkerville Historic Town & Park	2
Barkerville Historic Town (regional gateway)	1
Barkerville, British Columbia	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2446758 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Barkerville
Context triple: [Cariboo Gold Rush, mainArea, Barkerville]

A. Dawson City
Dawson City is a historic town in Canada's Yukon Territory, best known for its role in the Klondike Gold Rush and its well-preserved frontier-era character.
B. Norman Wells
Norman Wells is a small oil-producing town in the Northwest Territories of Canada, situated along the Mackenzie River.
C. White Rock
White Rock is a small coastal city in British Columbia, Canada, known for its scenic waterfront, long pier, and namesake white boulder on the beach.
D. Fort St. John
Fort St. John is a historic military fortification in present-day Quebec, Canada, that played a strategic role in colonial and Revolutionary War-era conflicts.
E. Yekonyah
Yekonyah is an alternative name for Jehoiachin, the exiled king of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Barkerville
Target entity description: Barkerville is a historic gold rush town in British Columbia, Canada, preserved today as a heritage site showcasing life during the 19th-century Cariboo Gold Rush.

A. Dawson City
Dawson City is a historic town in Canada's Yukon Territory, best known for its role in the Klondike Gold Rush and its well-preserved frontier-era character.
B. Norman Wells
Norman Wells is a small oil-producing town in the Northwest Territories of Canada, situated along the Mackenzie River.
C. White Rock
White Rock is a small coastal city in British Columbia, Canada, known for its scenic waterfront, long pier, and namesake white boulder on the beach.
D. Fort St. John
Fort St. John is a historic military fortification in present-day Quebec, Canada, that played a strategic role in colonial and Revolutionary War-era conflicts.
E. Yekonyah
Yekonyah is an alternative name for Jehoiachin, the exiled king of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heritage site ⓘ historic town ⓘ open-air museum ⓘ
accessRoad	BC Highway 26 ⓘ
climate	continental subarctic climate ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
distanceFromQuesnel	approximately 80 km east ⓘ
foundedAs	gold rush town ⓘ
governingBody	British Columbia ⓘ surface form: Province of British Columbia
hasFeature	Chinese school ⓘ blacksmith shop ⓘ cemeteries ⓘ churches ⓘ general store ⓘ goldfields ⓘ historic hotels ⓘ interpretive programs ⓘ museum exhibits ⓘ period-costumed interpreters ⓘ restored wooden buildings ⓘ schoolhouse ⓘ theatre ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	19th century ⓘ Cariboo Gold Rush ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ provincial historic site ⓘ
historicalPopulationPeak	thousands of residents during gold rush ⓘ
inception	1862 ⓘ
knownFor	Cariboo Gold Rush history ⓘ gold panning demonstrations ⓘ historic Chinese-Canadian community ⓘ living history interpretation ⓘ restored 19th-century streetscape ⓘ
locatedIn	British Columbia ⓘ Cariboo Mountains ⓘ Cariboo region ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Regional District of Fraser-Fort George ⓘ
locatedNear	Quesnel ⓘ Wells ⓘ
locatedOn	Williams Creek ⓘ
namedAfter	Billy Barker ⓘ
operator	Barkerville self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Barkerville Historic Town & Park
partOf	Barkerville self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Barkerville Historic Town & Park
status	ghost town ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ heritage tourism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cariboo Gold Rush → mainArea → Barkerville ⓘ

Cariboo Gold Rush → significantPlace → Barkerville ⓘ

Cariboo Gold Rush → associatedWith → Barkerville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barkerville Historic Town

Quesnel → near → Barkerville ⓘ

Barkerville → operator → Barkerville self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barkerville Historic Town & Park

Barkerville → partOf → Barkerville self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barkerville Historic Town & Park

Richfield → locatedNear → Barkerville ⓘ

Richfield → hasNearbyHistoricSite → Barkerville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barkerville Historic Town

Cariboo Road → terminus → Barkerville ⓘ

Cariboo Road → associatedWith → Barkerville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barkerville Historic Town

Quesnel, British Columbia → hasAttraction → Barkerville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barkerville Historic Town (regional gateway)

Quesnel, British Columbia → nearbyCommunity → Barkerville ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barkerville, British Columbia

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Referenced by (12)

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