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Here was the gateway to gold! Yellow gold lined bars of the Fraser and beyond was the lure of the Cariboo. Like a magnet it drew thousands of miners on the long Harrison trail through the Coast...

Here was the gateway to gold! Yellow gold lined bars of the Fraser and beyond was the lure of the Cariboo. Like a magnet it drew thousands of miners on the long Harrison trail through the Coast Mountains. From this focal point the first Cariboo Wagon Road started northward in 1858. The trail-end at Lillooet became Mile 0 of the new road to riches.

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