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Omineca Gold Rush
The
Omineca Gold Rush
was a
gold rush
in
British Columbia
,
Canada
in the
Omineca region
of the Northern Interior of the province. Gold was first discovered there in 1861, but the rush didn't begin until late in 1869 with the discovery at
Vital Creek
. There were several routes to the goldfields: two were from
Fort St. James
, one of which was a water route through the
Stuart
and Tachie Rivers to
Trembleur Lake
to
Takla Lake
and the other was overland, called the Baldy Mountain route. A third route came in overland from
Hazelton
on the
Skeena River
and a fourth route used the
Fraser River
and crossed over the
Giscome Portage
to
Summit Lake
, through
McLeod Lake
, and up the
Finlay River
to the
Omineca River
.
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