Irene Stangoe’s Looking Back at the Cariboo-Chilcotin chronicles the settlement, ranching enterprises, and frontier communities scattered across the vast plateau country west of the Fraser River. Stangoe traces how pioneer cattlemen established expansive grazing spreads across rangelands traditionally stewarded by the Tsilhqot'in and Southern Carrier peoples. The volume details the daily operations of remote roadhouses, general stores, and family ranches situated along the Chilcotin Highway, featuring focused historical portraits of Riske Creek, Alexis Creek, Hanceville, Big Creek, Meldrum Creek, Redstone, Lees Corner, and Chilanko Forks. Through local oral histories, historic photographs, and personal interviews, the work captures the resilient community networks and agrarian adaptations required to sustain isolated settlements across this expansive interior terrain.

Alexis Creek (B.C.), Big Creek (B.C.), British Columbia Chilcotin Region, Cariboo (B.C.), Chilanko Forks (B.C.), Frontier and pioneer life British Columbia Chilcotin, Hanceville (B.C.), History, Lees Corner (B.C.), Meldrum Creek (B.C.), Ranch life British Columbia Chilcotin, Redstone (B.C.), Riske Creek (B.C.) History

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.