British Columbia and Canada itself owes much of its evolution to the gold rush. It helped launch a nation. "Had it not been for the discovery of gold, there is no reason to suspect that Britain ...

The Fraser River courses through more than one half-dozen distinct geo-climactic zones, North America’s most diverse indigenous landscape and the essence of British Columbia (B.C.) history. B.C ...

Barkerville Gold’s Cow Mountain in British Columbia’s fabled Cariboo region is shaping up to be the province’s next new gold mine. Copper $ 5.0435 / lb 2.96% Brent Crude Oil $ 65.7 / bbl 1.22% ...

British Columbia Gold Mines. ... However, from the 1830s to today, there were variously named gold rushes such as Queen Charlottes Gold Rush in 1850 or the Cariboo Gold Rush in the 1860s.

"If you ask children what happened in British Columbia during the 19th century, they literally draw a blank. It seems that history, that sense of what drove people to Canada, has sort of vanished.

A new gallery at UBC aims to show what everyday life was like in British Columbia for early Chinese immigrants and those seeking their fortune during the gold rush at the turn of the 20th century.

A B.C. archaeologist is digging through the garbage of a gold rush restaurant to unearth the history of the several thousand Chinese miners who used to dine there, 150 years ago.

The Portland had an unsavory history before the gold rush. The 1,420 ton, 192-foot steamer first launched out of Bath, Maine, as the SS Haytian Republic in 1885.