Cariboo Regional District
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![]() Location of the region in British Columbia
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Basic data | |
Country | Canada |
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British Columbia
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Administrative headquarters | Williams Lake |
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
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Web links
- Cariboo Regional District . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- official page
- Detailed map
Individual evidence
- ^ Census Profile, 2016 Census. November 16, 2017, accessed March 12, 2018 .
- ^ Census Profile, 2016 Census - Provincial Data. August 9, 2019, accessed August 9, 2019 .