Cariboo region

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historical region region of British Columbia

The Cariboo region is a historic area of central British Columbia, Canada, best known for its role in the Cariboo Gold Rush of the 1860s and its rugged interior plateau landscapes.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Cariboo 7
Cariboo District 1
Cariboo Land District 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
region of British Columbia ⓘ
adjacentTo Chilcotin region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Columbia Mountains region (to the east) ⓘ
Nechako region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thompson Country NERFINISHED ⓘ
administrativeUse Cariboo Regional District (core area) NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Bowron Lake Provincial Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cariboo Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cariboo Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chilcotin Plateau (overlapping area) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fraser River (section) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quesnel River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wells Gray Provincial Park (eastern fringe) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
economicActivity forestry ⓘ
mining ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
geology interior plateau and mountain terrain ⓘ
goldRushStart 1860s ⓘ
hasCity Quesnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Williams Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricTown Barkerville NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTown Horsefly NERFINISHED ⓘ
Likely NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent Cariboo Gold Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Cariboo Gold Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
gold mining history ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
landscape forested plateaus ⓘ
lakes and rivers ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Central Interior of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernHighwayAccess British Columbia Highway 20 (western part) NERFINISHED ⓘ
British Columbia Highway 26 NERFINISHED ⓘ
British Columbia Highway 97 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Interior Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryGoldfields Barkerville area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lightning Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quesnel Forks area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Williams Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismAttraction Barkerville Historic Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bowron Lake canoe circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedBy Cariboo Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cariboo Wagon Road NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Colony of British Columbia (mainland) → includedTerritory → Cariboo region ⓘ
Quesnel → transportHubFor → Cariboo region ⓘ
Quesnel → region → Cariboo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cariboo
Lillooet region → locatedIn → Cariboo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: south-central British Columbia
Lillooet region → nearbyRegion → Cariboo region ⓘ
Interior Plateau → containsRegion → Cariboo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cariboo
Williams Lake region → partOf → Cariboo region ⓘ
Secwepemc people → traditionalTerritoryIncludes → Cariboo region ⓘ
Barkerville → locatedIn → Cariboo region ⓘ
Fort Alexandria → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Cariboo region ⓘ
Williams Lake, British Columbia → region → Cariboo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cariboo
Cariboo Mountains → partOfLargerRegion → Cariboo region ⓘ
Cariboo Mountains → namedAfter → Cariboo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cariboo region of British Columbia
Richfield → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Cariboo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cariboo District
Richfield → locatedInRegion → Cariboo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cariboo
Quesnel Forks → locatedInRegion → Cariboo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cariboo
Quesnel, British Columbia → locatedIn → Cariboo region ⓘ
Quesnel, British Columbia → censusDivision → Cariboo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cariboo
Alexandria, British Columbia → locatedIn → Cariboo region ⓘ
Alexandria, British Columbia → partOf → Cariboo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cariboo Land District
Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin) → region → Cariboo region ⓘ
subject surface form: Tsilhqot’in language
Quesnel River → region → Cariboo region ⓘ
Interior of British Columbia → contains → Cariboo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cariboo
British Columbia Highway 97 → connects → Cariboo region ⓘ
British Columbia Highway 97 → passesThrough → Cariboo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cariboo Plateau