Beryl M. Wheeler’s Quesnel Forks: The Gold City documents the historical geography of Quesnel Forks, an early major supply and administrative depot established at the confluence of the North and South Quesnel rivers. Wheeler traces the settlement's rapid emergence during the 1859 gold discoveries along the Cariboo river systems, detailing how early pack trails and wooden flumes were laid down across traditional Secwépemc territory. The work focuses extensively on the substantial Chinese merchant and mining population that sustained the town for decades after European prospectors departed for Williams Creek, maintaining stores, gardens, and community halls. Wheeler records the engineering of hydraulic mining flumes connecting Quesnel Forks to Likely, Keithley Creek, and Hydraulic, preserving a vital record of this historic multi-ethnic community prior to its complete abandonment.

British Columbia Quesnel Forks, Cariboo (B.C.), Chinese British Columbia Quesnel Forks History, Ghost towns British Columbia Cariboo Region, Gold mines and mining British Columbia Quesnel Forks History, History, Hydraulic (B.C.), Keithley Creek (B.C.), Likely (B.C.), Local history, Quesnel Forks (B.C.) History

Published in cooperation with the Quesnel Museum. Includes archival claim plans.

Published in cooperation with the Quesnel Museum. Includes archival claim plans.