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Welcome to Barkerville ...So far, we found very little information about Barkerville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Barkerville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Barkerville, please Contact Us. While we don't have a date for the founding of Barkerville, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1925. The origin (or the toponymy) of Barkerville: Named after William 'Billy' Barker (1820-1894), a miner whose discovery of gold at Williams Creek led to the Cariboo Gold Rush. While the community is gone, the present day location for Barkerville is 4,880 feet [1,487 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Barkerville is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Barkerville was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP). Barkerville would have been located in the (250) and (778)<3> area codes. Websites for Barkerville ...Official Website: www.barkerville.ca/ Communities Also Named Barkerville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Barkerville - they are located in Arizona, California, Massachusetts and South Carolina. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Barkerville. Communities near Barkerville ...We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Barkerville.
Adding Barkerville to Our Gazetteer ...As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future. The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Barkerville was on a map titled Map of British Columbia (from Gulf Refining, 1925). For more details, see References and Mentions for Barkerville. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Barkerville: www.barkerville.ca/ The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/ Footnotes ...
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