Bowron Lake Provincial Park

BOWRON LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK, 1,232 sq km, lies in the heart of the CARIBOO MTS east of BARKERVILLE, an area with spectacular mountain scenery and varied wildlife. The park's outstanding feature is a wilderness canoe circuit: a 116-km chain of 11 LAKES, RIVERS and portages in the shape of a rectangle. The area was occupied by the SECWEPEMC (Shuswap) and DAKELH (Carrier) FIRST NATIONS for at least 2,000 years before being visited by whites during the Cariboo GOLD RUSH of the 1860s. Bowron Lake is...

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