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Birken, British Columbia
Birken
is an unincorporated community, located at
Birken Lake
in the
Gates Valley
of the
Lillooet Country
in the
Southern Interior of British Columbia
,
Canada
, approximately midway in the route known as the Long Portage or
Pemberton Pass
, which connects the
Pemberton Valley
to the
Fraser Canyon
via
Anderson
and
Seton Lakes
via the
Seton River
. Birken, and Birken Lake (officially
Gates Lake
), are at the summit of that pass, which was part of the important
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
-era route known as the
Douglas Road
.
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