Fraser Canyon Gold Rush

The Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, (also Fraser Gold Rush and Fraser River Gold Rush) began in 1858 after gold was discovered on the Thompson River in British Columbia at its confluence with the Nicoamen River, a few miles upstream from the Thompson's confluence with the Fraser River at present-day Lytton. The rush overtook the region surrounding the discovery, focussed on the Fraser Canyon from around Hope and Yale to Pavilion and Fountain, just north... more

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