Gold Trails and Ghost Towns

A look at more of Bill Barlee's favourite items from his collection. Everything from native beadwork to toy soldiers and Hudson Bay items.

The Kwakiutl Nation of Northwest Vancouver Island were known as artists and artisans of immense talent. A look at the builders and carvers of great totems, canoes, and long houses.

In 1898 gold was discovered at Nome, Alaska, starting one of the more lawless gold rushes on the Pacific slope.

For forty years, sternwheelers on Okanagan Lake flew the C.P.R. flag. A look at the vessels that moved cargo and passengers up and down Okanagan Lake.

Stories of the Klondike Kings and their fortunes. Millions were made and lost in short order.

The story of the Dunsmuirs; a family that went from rags to riches in three generations.

Two treasure stories are examined; one featuring a thousand gold sovereigns on one of the Gulf Islands and a lost streak of gold in the Slocan.

Before Billy Barker it was Long Baptiste and Peter Dunleavy who first discovered gold in the area of the Cariboo called Horsefly.

The Kettle Valley Railway, Princeton sub-division, and the battle between James J. Hill of The Great Northern and Andrew McCulloch of The C.P.R.

A look at twenty of Bill's favourite photographs from the old west and the stories behind them.

The B.C. Provincial Police were created in 1858 to bring law and order to the Fraser River Gold Rush. They continued to serve until 1950.

Gabriel Dumont became known as the Napoleon of the prairies, though he never suffered the same fate as his friend Louis Riel.

The Boundary Country produced large amounts of gold, but it also produced several lost mines. One of the best known is the treasure of Dead Man's Hill.