Cariboo Road
E272085
Cariboo Road was a historic wagon route in British Columbia built to access the remote goldfields during the Cariboo Gold Rush.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cariboo Road canonical | 4 |
| Cariboo Wagon Road | 2 |
| The Cariboo Trail | 2 |
| Cariboo Wagon Road system | 1 |
| Mile 0 of the Old Cariboo Road | 1 |
| Old Cariboo Road | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic wagon road
ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Barkerville
ⓘ
surface form:
Barkerville Historic Town
Fraser Canyon ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
ⓘ
surface form:
Colonial government of British Columbia
|
| builtFor |
Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
ⓘ
surface form:
British colonial authorities in British Columbia
|
| builtUnder |
Colony of British Columbia (mainland)
ⓘ
surface form:
Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866)
|
| category |
Gold rush trails and roads
ⓘ
Historic roads in British Columbia ⓘ |
| connects | coastal supply centres to interior goldfields ⓘ |
| constructionCost | one of the most expensive public works of colonial British Columbia ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1865 ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | hand-built with blasting and grading ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1860 ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| follows | Fraser River ⓘ |
| hasRemnants | visible road grades and heritage markers along modern highways ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | recognized as a historic route in British Columbia ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Cariboo Gold Rush ⓘ |
| influenced | development of towns along its route ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | overland road ⓘ |
| initiatedBy | Governor James Douglas ⓘ |
| lengthApprox | about 650 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn | British Columbia ⓘ |
| maintenanceBy | road tolls during colonial period ⓘ |
| notableFeature | steep grades and narrow benches above Fraser River canyons ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cariboo Road
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cariboo Wagon Road system
|
| passesThrough |
100 Mile House
ⓘ
Clinton ⓘ Lytton ⓘ Quesnel ⓘ |
| purpose |
to access the Cariboo goldfields
ⓘ
to support the Cariboo Gold Rush ⓘ |
| replacedBy | railway routes in late 19th century ⓘ |
| significance |
facilitated large-scale gold mining operations
ⓘ
opened interior British Columbia to settlement ⓘ |
| status |
partly abandoned
ⓘ
sections incorporated into modern Highway 97 ⓘ |
| terminus |
Barkerville
ⓘ
Yale ⓘ |
| timeOfUse | primarily 1860s–1880s ⓘ |
| transportMode |
horse-drawn wagons
ⓘ
pack animals ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freighting supplies
ⓘ
transporting miners ⓘ wagon transport ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cariboo Wagon Road
this entity surface form:
The Cariboo Trail
this entity surface form:
The Cariboo Trail
this entity surface form:
Cariboo Wagon Road
this entity surface form:
Cariboo Wagon Road system
this entity surface form:
Old Cariboo Road
this entity surface form:
Mile 0 of the Old Cariboo Road