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Lillooet's Golden Mile of History is a self-guided walking tour along Main Street. The tour features 14 locations of historical interest, beginning at the "Bridge of 23 Camels" and ending at the "Old Bridge."
These and the other 12 stops in between provide a glimpse into Lillooet's history as a main supply point for Gold Rush fortune seekers traveling to the Cariboo. Tour highlights include the following:
Miyazaki Heritage House
The Miyazaki Heritage House was built by Caspar Phair, gold commissioner in the 1880s. Dr. Masajiro Miyazaki made it his family home in the 1940s. Dr. Mizazaki's office is preserved as he left it and visitors are welcome to explore the house and gardens surrounding it. Behind the Miyazaki Heritage House find massive rock piles left over from gold mining efforts. These are also found along both sides of the Fraser River.
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Lillooet Museum
The Lillooet Museum is largely dedicated to preserving the town's Gold Rush heritage and First Nations history. However, there are also other parts of Lillooet's past featured here – don't miss the downstairs display of Ma Murray's old printing presses.
Canadian National Railway Station
The Canadian National Rail Station formerly housed the Pacific Great Eastern (PGE) railway, which reached Lillooet in 1915 and continued on to the heart of British Columbia. The PGE line's reputation wasn't the best in the beginning. Riders and locals frequently joked that "PGE" stood for "Past God's Endurance," "Please Go Easy," and "Prince George Eventually."
Old Bridge
Lillooet's Golden Mile of History ends at the Old Bridge, a suspension bridge built of steel cables and wood in 1913. The Old Bridge was constructed to replace a reaction ferry (a type of cable ferry that was powered by the river current) that had been in use since 1860.
Stop by the Lillooet Visitor Centre for more information about Lillooet's Golden Mile of History walking tour.
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Built in 1861 to house the 23 Camels Frank Laumeister brought from San Francisco to serve as pack animals on the Cariboo Trail to the gold fields. The project failed, but the barn survived: briefly as a mortician's storehouse, then from 1938 as the Log Cabin Movie Theatre. It closed in 1985 and has been reopened as an historic building, a performance space and a gift shop. It contains the original theatre seating, the projectors and a 24x11 ft. wide screen.
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5202 Moha Road
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Witness the St'at'imc people harvesting salmon and preserving it through the wind-dried method. The tour includes a walk along the Xwisten fishing grounds, a demonstration of the wind-dried method, a sample the wind-dried fish (ts'wan), and a BBQ Salmon meal. Tours can also include a walk around an archaeological village site and a replica underground pit house (S7istken).
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