| 词条 | Barkerville, British Columbia |
| 释义 |
| official_name = Barkerville, British Columbia | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Historic site | motto = | image_skyline = Barkerville.jpg | image_caption = Barkerville's main street, taken in June 2004, showing the historic buildings and a small stream of water flowing down its sloped, unpaved, roads | pushpin_map = Canada British Columbia#Canada | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Barkerville | coordinates = {{coord|53|03|57|N|121|31|02|W|region:CA-BC|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = British Columbia | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1862 | established_title2 = Historical town | established_date2 = 1958 | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = | population_blank1_title = mid-1860s | population_blank1 = 5,000 (Peak) | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | elevation_footnotes = [1] | elevation_m = 1,230 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = 250, 236, 778 |blank_name = Highways |blank_info = {{jct|state=BC|Hwy|26}} | website = {{URL|http://www.barkerville.ca/}} | footnotes = {{designation list|embed=yes|designation1=Canada|designation1_date=1924}} }} Barkerville was the main town of the Cariboo Gold Rush in British Columbia, Canada and is preserved as a historic town. It is located on the north slope of the Cariboo Plateau near the Cariboo Mountains {{convert|80|km|mi}} east of Quesnel. BC Highway 26, which follows the route of the Cariboo Wagon Road, the original access to Barkerville, goes through it. HistoryBarkerville is situated on the western edge of the Cariboo Mountains in British Columbia. It was named after Billy Barker from Cambridgeshire, England, who was among those who first struck gold at the location in 1861. His claim was the richest and the most famous.[2] Barkerville was built up almost overnight, and was a case of "growth via word of mouth". It grew as fast as word of Barker's strike spread. His claim would eventually yield 37,500 ounces[3] (1,065 kg/2,350 lb) of gold. Before the construction of the Cariboo Wagon Road, people hauled their own supplies to Barkerville, either on their backs or in a pack train. Because supplies were scarce, the prices of even the most everyday items were extremely high. High prices for goods in Barkerville did not ease up until the Cariboo Road had been finished, when goods could be transported by huge freight wagons. Soon, movers of freight boasted that they could pack and carry a set of champagne glasses without any breakage - for a price, of course. More women came to Barkerville after the construction of the Cariboo Road. Cattle were driven north up the Okanagan valley via what is now Highway 97 into Canada to provide meat for the miners and residents of Barkerville. At first, the town consisted only of makeshift cabins and tents. By the mid-1860s, however, Barkerville had a population of approximately 5,000, 3,000 of them were Chinese operated by Kwong Lee Company of Victoria.[4] Even though its population was transient and largely dependent on mining, Barkerville was becoming more of a real community. It had several general stores and boarding houses, a drugstore that also sold newspapers and cigars, a barbershop that cut women's as well as men's hair, the "Wake-Up Jake Restaurant and Coffee Salon", a theatre (the Theatre Royal),[5] and a literary society (the Cariboo Literary Society). Horse racing and prize fighting were common entertainments. Among the so-called "sober set," church services were extremely well attended. The general stores were the most profitable of the merchants. As they had the only source of food, the store owners could increase the price of foods and supplies. In the height of the gold rush, the stores sold flour for as high as $1.25 per pound. Beans, meat, and dried fruit were sold for a dollar a pound. But as the gold rush ended, the stores went bankrupt and finally out of business. People of Chinese descent were an important part of Barkerville life for almost a hundred years. They established a number of businesses, including the Kwong Lee Company, a general store that sold groceries, clothing, hardware, and mining tools. The company had stores in other parts of British Columbia, but the Barkerville store was one of the most impressive in town. The Chinese community also built cabins (for Chinese miners, who saved money by sharing four or five to a cabin) and Tai Ping (the "Peace Room"), the equivalent of a modern nursing home. Chinese benevolent associations provided social services to the Chinese community, and also resolved disputes within the Chinese community without the use of BC courts. On September 16, 1868, Barkerville was destroyed by a fire that spread quickly through the wooden buildings. Rebuilding began immediately, and at an impressive pace. Within six weeks, ninety buildings had been rebuilt. Boardwalks were improved, and the narrow and winding main street was widened and straightened. By 1880, there were enough children in the area to build the Barkerville School. It had thirteen pupils and one piece of school equipment - a chalkboard. Even so, Barkerville's population was declining by the end of the 19th century and it eventually had only a few people resident. It had a revival in the 1930s, when the Great Depression caused widespread unemployment, and the price of gold skyrocketed. But as the depression turned for the better, Barkerville declined to a very small village.[6] Barkerville Historic TownIn 1957, the government of British Columbia decided that the town should be restored and operated as a tourist attraction. Today, Barkerville appears as it did in its heyday and is referred to as Barkerville Historic Town. The history of each building has been researched and documented. No residents remain; they were either bought out or moved to New Barkerville during the restoration of the site.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} In 2008, Barkerville's Chee Kung Tong Building[7] was designated a National Historic Sites of Canada. The two-storey board and batten structure was completed in 1877 and originally used by the Chee Kung Tong organization, a benevolent association for recent arrivals. It is representative of the community building among immigrant Chinese labourers and merchants in new settlements throughout Canada. ClimateBarkerville has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc), resulting in long, cold and snowy winters, accompanied by short and cool summers due to its high altitude. {{Weather box| location = Barkerville | metric first = Y | single line = Y | Jan record high C = 10.0 | Feb record high C = 15.0 | Mar record high C = 17.2 | Apr record high C = 27.8 | May record high C = 31.5 | Jun record high C = 33.0 | Jul record high C = 35.6 | Aug record high C = 33.9 | Sep record high C = 32.5 | Oct record high C = 26.7 | Nov record high C = 18.9 | Dec record high C = 14.4 | year record high C = 35.6 | Jan high C = -2.9 | Feb high C = -0.5 | Mar high C = 3.0 | Apr high C = 7.2 | May high C = 12.5 | Jun high C = 16.2 | Jul high C = 18.8 | Aug high C = 19.0 | Sep high C = 14.0 | Oct high C = 7.2 | Nov high C = -0.3 | Dec high C = -3.5 | year high C = 7.6 | Jan mean C = -7.5 | Feb mean C = -5.9 | Mar mean C = -2.8 | Apr mean C = 1.4 | May mean C = 6.2 | Jun mean C = 10.0 | Jul mean C = 12.3 | Aug mean C = 12.1 | Sep mean C = 8.0 | Oct mean C = 2.4 | Nov mean C = -4.3 | Dec mean C = -7.8 | year mean C = 2.0 | Jan low C = -12.1 | Feb low C = -11.2 | Mar low C = -8.5 | Apr low C = -4.4 | May low C = 0.0 | Jun low C = 3.8 | Jul low C = 5.8 | Aug low C = 5.3 | Sep low C = 2.1 | Oct low C = -2.3 | Nov low C = -8.3 | Dec low C = -12.0 | year low C = -3.5 | Jan record low C = -46.7 | Feb record low C = -43.3 | Mar record low C = -37.2 | Apr record low C = -26.1 | May record low C = -15.0 | Jun record low C = -6.7 | Jul record low C = -3.9 | Aug record low C = -7.8 | Sep record low C = -13.3 | Oct record low C = -30.5 | Nov record low C = -42.0 | Dec record low C = -41.7 | year record low C = -46.7 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 96.0 | Feb precipitation mm = 60.7 | Mar precipitation mm = 66.4 | Apr precipitation mm = 58.2 | May precipitation mm = 77.7 | Jun precipitation mm = 101.9 | Jul precipitation mm = 100.0 | Aug precipitation mm = 80.6 | Sep precipitation mm = 81.7 | Oct precipitation mm = 92.3 | Nov precipitation mm = 111.2 | Dec precipitation mm = 95.0 | year precipitation mm = 1021.7 | rain colour = green | Jan rain mm = 8.2 | Feb rain mm = 3.4 | Mar rain mm = 8.6 | Apr rain mm = 25.6 | May rain mm = 66.0 | Jun rain mm = 101.1 | Jul rain mm = 100.0 | Aug rain mm = 80.6 | Sep rain mm = 80.4 | Oct rain mm = 64.6 | Nov rain mm = 19.3 | Dec rain mm = 2.5 | year rain mm = 560.3 |snow colour = green | Jan snow cm = 87.8 | Feb snow cm = 57.3 | Mar snow cm = 57.8 | Apr snow cm = 32.6 | May snow cm = 11.7 | Jun snow cm = 0.8 | Jul snow cm = 0 | Aug snow cm = 0 | Sep snow cm = 1.3 | Oct snow cm = 27.7 | Nov snow cm = 91.9 | Dec snow cm = 92.6 | year snow cm = 461.4 | unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm | Jan precipitation days = 16.6 | Feb precipitation days = 12.5 | Mar precipitation days = 13.8 | Apr precipitation days = 14.3 | May precipitation days = 18.7 | Jun precipitation days = 20.6 | Jul precipitation days = 19.2 | Aug precipitation days = 16.0 | Sep precipitation days = 16.3 | Oct precipitation days = 18.0 | Nov precipitation days = 18.7 | Dec precipitation days = 17.1 | year precipitation days = 201.7 | unit rain days = 0.2 mm | Jan rain days = 1.4 | Feb rain days = 1.2 | Mar rain days = 2.9 | Apr rain days = 8.2 | May rain days = 17.6 | Jun rain days = 20.5 | Jul rain days = 19.2 | Aug rain days = 16.0 | Sep rain days = 16.2 | Oct rain days = 13.9 | Nov rain days = 3.8 | Dec rain days = 1.0 | year rain days = 121.9 | unit snow days = 0.2 cm | Jan snow days = 15.9 | Feb snow days = 11.8 | Mar snow days = 12.2 | Apr snow days = 8.4 | May snow days = 3.0 | Jun snow days = 0.3 | Jul snow days = 0 | Aug snow days = 0 | Sep snow days = 0.6 | Oct snow days = 6.5 | Nov snow days = 16.4 | Dec snow days = 16.6 | year snow days = 91.8 | source 1 = [8]|date=17 April, 2016 }} Notable people
See also
References1. ^http://archive.copanational.org/PlacesToFly/airport_view.php?pr_id=3&ap_id=832 2. ^BC Names entry "Barkerville (community)" 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.barkerville.ca/pages/History01.html |title=John Cariboo Cameron |accessdate=2007-07-18 |work= | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070614115539/http://barkerville.ca/pages/History01.html| archivedate= 14 June 2007 | deadurl= no}} 4. ^{{Cite book|title=Moon Cake in Gold Mountain|last=Dawson|first=Brian|publisher=Detselig Enterprises Ltd.|year=1991|isbn=1-55059-026-X|location=Calgary, Alberta, Canada|pages=20}} 5. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.theatreroyal.ca| title = Theatre Royal, Barkerville| publisher = Newman & Wright Theatre Co.| accessdate = 2012-12-19}} 6. ^Barkerville.ca 7. ^{{CRHP|11971|Chee Kung Tong Building|29 October 2011}} 8. ^{{cite web |url= http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=568&lang=e&StationName=barkerville&SearchType=Contains&stnNameSubmit=go&dCode=4&dispBack=1|title=Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010 Station Data |publisher= Environment Canada |accessdate=April 17, 2016 }} External links{{Commons category|Barkerville, British Columbia}}
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