Cariboo Wagon Road (Yale, British Columbia)

 place with historical importance, interesting place

There is a historical marker (plaque) here with text:
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Cariboo Wagon Road

Constructed between 1862 and 1865 at a cost of $1,500,000, the 400-
mile Cariboo Road was the best and most used of several routes into
the Cariboo gold fields. Until 1885 the road began at Yale, the head of
steam navigation on the Fraser, and aimed to secure all trade for that
river, thus excluding American competition. Intended to reduce the
cost of goods in the mining area, and to encourage British immigrants
and capitalists to come there, the road put the colony deeply into debt.

Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
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