Gold Trails and Ghost Towns

By 1927 all the creeks in B.C. appeared to have been prospected...until spectacular coarse gold was found on this tributary to the Tatshenshini.

A look at some of the forgotten towns along this right-of-way of the old Kettle Valley Railway.

The three Georges: Fort George, Prince George and South Fort George their histories. How they all eventually became the town now called Prince George.

This town was known as one of the great mining towns of the Rockies. It was built on coal and beat the odds by rising from the ashes of a devastating fire.

A mountain cascaded down on this town in the night burying it forever, but there were survivors. Their remarkable stories are recalled.

Bill examines the stories of a couple of great treasures. A rich run of gold on the Tulameen and a seam of silver in Northern B.C.

A profile of one of the artists who created magnificent images of the old west. Unlike other artists, Russel lived his life in the places he painted.

Captain Billy Moore was a superman of the old west who pursued every gold rush from California to the Klondike. He made three fortunes and lost most of them.

A look at the accessible treasure of the old west: gold scales, jewelry keepsakes, and other everyday objects.

A town that is almost 100 years old and still going strong with the fabulous Sullivan Mine.

The story of Mesa Verde and the strange disappearance of the cliff dwellers.

The story of the most famous woman in the Yukon, the Queen of Dawson - Klondike Kate.

The high plateau of the Southern Interior of B.C. A look at the old Nicola town; the miners and cowboys who lived there.