Williams Lake, Mcleese Lake, Kersley, 150 Mile House, Lac La Hache, Horsefly, Likely, Big Creek, Hanceville, Anahim Lake, Puntzi, Tatla Lake
About the Cariboo
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Enjoy all four beautiful seasons in British Columbia's Cariboo Regional District. The entire area abounds with guest ranches, resorts and historical sites, and BC's glorious untouched wilderness. There is no limit to the recreational opportunities available here!
Interesting Facts About the Cariboo
Williams Lake
Williams Lake is the largest urban centre between Kamloops and Prince George and is known as BC's Stampede Capital. Our biggest tourist attraction, the annual Williams Lake Stampede, takes place on the Canada Day long weekend and draws competitors and spectators from all over North America.
Williams Lake is the fastest growing community in the Cariboo and offers a unique blend of western frontier character and sophisticated services. For more information about living in Williams Lake, please visit the City's website at
www.williamslake.ca
British Columbia's Chilcotin Highway 20 includes the Chilcotin communities of Riske Creek, Alexis Creek, Hanceville, Tatla Lake, Nimpo Lake and Anahim Lake.
Anahim Lake
Anahim Lake is located on the Bella Coola Highway (Hwy 20), 198 miles (316 km) west of Williams Lake and 84 miles (135 km) east of Bella Coola. The nearest community is Nimpo Lake, 10.5 miles (17 km) to the southwest on Highway 20.
Tatla Lake
Tatla Lake is located on the Bella Coola Road (Highway 20), 138 miles (220 km) west of Williams Lake and 14 miles (23 km) east of Kleena Kleene, 114 kilometres west of Alexis Creek and is the junction for the road that leaves Highway 20 to go to Tatlayoko, and Bluff Lake.
Alexis Creek
Alexis Creek is located on the Bella Coola Highway (Hwy 20), 70 miles (112 km) west of Williams Lake. Named after Chief Alexis of the Chilcotins, who was Chief during the time of the Chilcotin War. Alexis offers a café, general store and post office.
Mcleese Lake
McLeese Lake is located on the Cariboo Highway 97, between Quesnel to the north and Williams Lake, 27 miles (44 km) to the south.
McLeese Lake offers gas stations, a cafe, post officer, general store, pub, and a private campground and motel located on the shoreline of McLeese Lake.
Horsefly
Horsefly: 59 km (37 mi) east of 150 Mile House, BC, off Highway 97 on the Horsefly Road. Nearby Horsefly Lake and the South shores of Quesnel Lake offer excellent camping and fishing opportunities. An abundance of smaller highly productive trout lakes dot the landscape.
Likely
Likely is located 85 km (53 mi) east of 150 Mile House off BC Hwy 97 on the Likely Road. One of the few remaining Cariboo Gold Rush settlements, Likely is a small community situated where the west arm of Quesnel Lake empties into the Quesnel River, near the southern end of the Matthew River Road leading to Barkerville.
150 Mile House
Today 150-Mile House is considered an outlying district of the City of Williams Lake. The population is numbered at 1,275, who live mostly on small ranch holdings up and down Highway 97. Many of these are also engaged in logging, sawmilling, and manufacturing of log buildings. 150 Mile House (also referred to as "the 50") is an unincorporated settlement of 893 people in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. It is located 15 km south of Williams Lake on Highway 97. 150 Mile House was an important stop on the Cariboo Wagon Road during the Cariboo Gold Rush.
It is the junction for roads to the communities of Likely and Horsefly to the northeast. Its main features are the "50 Centre", a red roofed little mini mall, and the Elementary School, 150 Mile House Elementary.
100 Mile House
80 km (50 mi) north of Clinton, on Hwy 97. 116 km (72 mi) north of Cache Creek. Located on Hwy 97 the major north/south route between Vancouver and the northern communities of BC, Yukon & Alaska.
Lac La Hache
Lac La Hache, British Columbia, "The Longest Town in the Cariboo", is located about 20 km (12.4 mi) north of 100 Mile House on Hwy 97, and stretches along much of the 18 km (11 mi) lakeshore.
Lac La Hache is a recreational and retirement community in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. Located on the shore of Lac La Hache (lost my axe) alongside British Columbia Highway 97 near the regional centre of 100 Mile House, the community's origins date to the days of the Cariboo Gold Rush and the Cariboo Wagon Road, for which it provided an important roadhouse. Its name comes from a story about an axe thrown in the lake, and originally it was equally known as Axe Lake until the French version of its name became preferred.
