The following archive represents the ten years of our efforts in publishing the Cariboo Sentinel II. In it you will find stories, accounts, advertising and the like that will illustrate a very different time. A time that left us only a short while ago.
Click to view the extensive text archives or if you wish to download PDF files of recent issues click here.
The Sentinel II also contains reports on what was new in Barkerville and area. Curatorial projects, new ventures, mining activity and features on Wells (a 1930's mining community just a short 8km from Barkerville) and the Bowron Lake Provinical Park (a 116 km protected chain of lakes that is a canoeist's paradise).
Photographs, as one of the more important records of Barkerville's heyday, have always been the 'real gold' to curators, archivists and amateur historians alike. Under the watchful supervision the onsite curator and his staff, Barkerville's Resource Information Centre maintains a large and invaluable collection of photographic plates, negatives etc. in humidity and temperature controlled environments.
Due to the size of the RIC collection, we can only hope to scratch the surface of this impressive resource. Our web-archive will present a brief glimpse of some of the existing work of a few of Barkerville's more prominent photographers; from the enigmatic Louis A. Blanc, who disappeared without a trace after leaving Cariboo to; C. D. Hoy, a Chinese immigrant who braved substantial odds, from head taxes to language barriers, in becoming one of the founding pioneers of this province.
Click to view the photo archives.
