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Introduction Town and Country Life in Canada Print Cabinet
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Edward Roper
A Prairie Schooner on the Cariboo Road, British Columbia, ca. 1887
Oil painting
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The Cariboo Road was built between 1862 and 1864, along the Fraser River Canyon, between Yale and Bakerville, British Columbia. The 650 kilometres roadway provided a supply route to the Cariboo goldfields. Wagons pulled by oxen, like the one shown here, as well as stagecoaches, mule trains and even camels travelled along this rough, and often dangerous trail.

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