Cariboo Regional District

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Cariboo
Cariboo
Location of the region in British Columbia
Basic data
Country Canada
province British Columbia

Administrative headquarters Williams Lake
Coordinates : 52 ° 22 ′  N , 123 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′  N , 123 ° 16 ′  W
Residents 61,988 (as of 2016)
surface 80,609.75 km²
Population density 0.8 inhabitants / km²
Time zone : Pacific Standard Time ( UTC −8)
Pacific Daylight Time ( UTC −7, daylight saving time)
Web presence www.cariboord.bc.ca

The Cariboo Regional District is a district in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It is 80,609.75 km² and has 61,988 inhabitants (2016). In the 2011 census, the district had 62,392 inhabitants. The main town is Williams Lake .

The region became world famous from 1861 onwards through the Cariboo gold rush . The most important tourist town in the district is the ghost town of Barkerville , which was the main town of the Cariboo gold rush.

Today a large part of the district is protected by the various provincial parks, such as Bowron Lake Provincial Park or Ts'ilʔos Provincial Park .

Administrative structure

cities and communes

place status population
Quesnel City 9,879
Wells District municipality 217
Williams Lake City 10,753
100 mile house District municipality 1,980

Unregulated areas

  • Cariboo A
  • Cariboo B
  • Cariboo C
  • Cariboo D
  • Cariboo E.
  • Cariboo F.
  • Cariboo G
  • Cariboo H.
  • Cariboo I
  • Cariboo J.
  • Cariboo K
  • Cariboo L

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Census Profile, 2016 Census. November 16, 2017, accessed March 12, 2018 .
  2. ^ Census Profile, 2016 Census - Provincial Data. August 9, 2019, accessed August 9, 2019 .