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By Jean MacKenzie " ae

100. Mile House! The name still conjures up all

the colour and excitement of the gold rush days. Th:
those hectic times everyone stopped at 100 Mile --
for a meal or for. a night’s rest:

footsore.

‘argonauts’’ trudging north to the golden creeks,

laden freight wagons creaking and swaying up the

weary miles, mule trains jingling across the snow,

The Cariboo. Road Houses, |

spaced .along the .300-mile
route between ‘Lillooet. and.
Barkerville, were. built ‘‘for -

‘the ‘accommodation of. the -

travelling _ public’. . Even.
ahn Pe 4 an RASA
today, ’ ‘tne. tow ni Or suv wid”

-House on British Columbia.

Highway 97 still fulfills that
‘Purpose.

‘BLUE LAKES |
Now ‘modern | motels. te:

and|.. fishing
camps, . resorts. and: dude
ranches draw. Cariboo vaca- -

rough -. pioneer -

_and the. aristocrats | of the Cariboo Road -- the red

and yellow **B.X. ” stagecoaches | clattering up.
with a flourish i in a cloud of dust.’ -

fur trade days” it was a
junction on the long route
‘south from Fort St.
Fur. brigades: paused on the

banks of Bridge Creek before.
heading east. ‘up. Bridge Lake
for: the North. Thompson.
route to Kamloops. The first
white settlers onthe “creek -
offered: their” hospitality to.
early travellers, » ‘supplying ~
them.with water and. grazing |
for their stock: and - sharin

. the produce of their gardens.

BOX OF A BUILDING |
With: discovery of gold in

tioners to the widespread - ‘Cariboo, the trickle of north-.

range country. “The rolling

-bound adventurers became a

parkland is spangled with. winding brown-river of men_
countless blue lakes. Within and wagons, horses, oxen

55 miles are five provincial
campsites as well as—

Provincial Park, high in the
Cariboo Mountains. ©

In May, June and August,

ranchers and tourists mingle .
“to enjoy the summer rodeos °

and riding competitions. The .
area is popular in-winter too,
for the gentle hills are ideal
for snowmobile races and

“cross country ski events.

*~ .100 Mile . House is a

natural stopping place. In the

North Vancouver
107 Wost Esplanade .
[Just west of lower Lonadale]
985-2612 .

and mules. By 1863 the

a. Cariboo Road was ; completed .
‘western actess to Wells Grey. as far as Soda Creek.

The

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1717 LONSDALE, NORTH VANCOUVER. 988-5822

same } year 100 Mile House.--

named for its ‘distance from:
‘the: town “of Lillooet. -- was:

- built by enterprising Thomas
Mz. Miller.” oe

In design it ‘was unimpres-
sive -'a box of a: building
topped by a. peaked shingle
roof with atin’ stovepipe
~ thrusting. through. it. At: the
“front -there were © three
‘windows, one on. either side

of the tiny ‘porch and. one . f
--above it, which. allowed . a

modicum of light and air into
the crowded sleeping:

-added, one on, each side. of
the building. cles

In spite of its simplicity, sO
the place -- to quote one
owner -- was.a ‘‘goldmine’’. |
“100 Mile House became one ||
-of the most famous. of the
Cariboo Road Houses. |

Room offers

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$298 per yd.

‘loft: .
The ground floor contained: a

_ bar and a dining area. ‘Soon a
pair of one-storey wings was

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-*amazing flexible strength
*efficient rectangular design

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*finest warranty in the industry [25 yrs.]

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page 17 - April 27, 1977 -

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