Yesterday we were in Barkerville, BC with no Internet service or cell service. We stayed at Caribou Joy's rv park. She is an Aussie here to strike it rich on her claims. Barkerville was a booming gold town in the 1800's. it is said that when the gold was good some of the miners panned over $2000 a day. What an interesting old town. There were docents giving the tour and informing us of the history of this town. We ate a late lunch at the Wake Up Jake restaurant. It was good to see school children learning the history of BC.
Today we drove to Vanderhoof, BC and are staying at Dave's RV Park. We then drove to Fort St. James to tour this outpost of the Hudson Bay Trading Company located on Stewart Lake. What an informative tour. When the forest service took over this historic site, they accomplished restoring each building to it's original condition right down to the contents that would have been in each building. The furs that were stored in the warehouse were amazingly in very good condition. The trappers would bring their furs to the fort and trade them for supplies. The furs would be packaged into 100 pound bundles. They were then placed on. Boat and sailed down Stewart lake, pot aged over land to another boat on lake bow big, port aged over land and boarded onto another boat and taken to Prince Rupert on the Pacific Ocean. The furs were then place on a steamer and sailed around South America to Europe. This process took at least one year. The reverse was taken from Europe and brought flour, sugar, pots and pans, etc. to the fort.
All in all we have had two wonderful history learning days. Tomorrow we travel to Prince Rupert which is on the Pacific Coast. Happy Father's Day to all you Father's out there.
Love ya'll.........
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