Barkerville, Bear and Moose

With a few hours of sunshine we drove to Barkerville which is like a small Williamsburg but set up around mining for gold. To get there we drove through Quesnel and saw the largest gold pan in the world. At one time Quesnel was a large gold mining town and you can still pan for gold along the rivers edge.

Barkerville is really nice town with people dressed in period attire performing skits on the dirt streets. 

 

 

  These men were doing a demonstration of the new gismo that would lift up 200 lbs of dirt up from the mine with this water wheel using “gripsion” and “sliptivity” to make it easier to mine for gold. 

We were able to tour about 1/2 of the town when the skies opened up again. So it’s back to Cinema we go and luckily the sun came out for a bit. On the way back look what we got to see.  A Moose! with fuzzy antlers. and Bear right on the side of the road! and more bear! Look at the little cub behind it’s mommy.   and some more!   Wow were we lucky. What a treat! 

We are leaving Cinema and going towards Prince George and Burns lake today since the rain came back again. Might as well drive when it is raining and hope for dry time when we get to the next destination.  Thank you to Theresa and Vic for their generosity for allowing us and other campers to stay on their property.