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Barkerville’s Easter Celebrations

April 10, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

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An event every day that begins at 10:00 am, repeating until April 13, 2020

Barkerville is excited to announce that its historic main street will re-open for the entire Easter weekend! Join us for winter exhibits, games, performances, bonfires, and more with some of your favourite historic interpreters.

ADMISSION
– Adults: $10
– Youth and Seniors: $5
– Children 5 and under: Free
– Family (2 adults and up to four children): $25

EASTER EGG HUNT
Sunday, April 12 at 1:00 starting at the Chinatown Archway

DAILY SCHEDULE
11:20 am: Amazing Tales from the Goldrush Trail
12:30 pm: Street scene
12:30 pm: Cariboo Goldfields Ltd. AGM
1:00 pm: Novas to Nuggets presentation
1:00 pm: Chinatown Terrace snowshoe tour (except Sunday, snow dependant)
1:30 pm: Amazing Tales from the Goldrush Trail
1:45 pm: Life of the Law
2:00 pm: Victorian Town Tour
2:30 pm: Mining on Williams Creek
2:45 pm: The Billy Barker Story
3:30 pm: Street Scene

OPEN EXHIBITS
– Nicol Hotel Museum
– Barkerville Hotel Museum
– Lee Chong Co. Store Museum
– Halverson House Museum
– Kibbee House Exhibit

PARTICIPATING MERCHANTS
– The Barkerville Cafe and Gift Store
– Barkerville’s Shamrock Tube Run (snow dependant)
– Mason & Daly General Merchants
– C. Strouss & Co. Drygoods
– McPherson’s Watchmaker’s Shop
– Cameron & Ames Blacksmith Shop
– The Cariboo Sentinel Newspaper Office

WORKSHOPS
Sign up for a private hands-on lesson in printing press operation or heritage blacksmithing. One session available each day. Click here to reserve your spot!

ACCOMMODATIONS
Barkerville Cottages: 250-994-3332 ex. 0 or click here
The Wells Hotel: 250-994-3427
Mountain Thyme Getaway & Willow River Inn: 250-994-2345
Becker’s Lodge Bowron Lake Adventures Resort: 250-992-8864
The Nest by Island Mountain Arts: 250-994-3466
Hubs Motel & Whitecaps Inn: evolutioncampservices@gmail.com
Troll Ski Resort Accommodations: click here

EXPLORE THE AREA
Skiing: Troll Ski Resort and Wells and Area Trails Society – WATS
Snowmobiling: Wells Snowmobile Club and Becker’s Lodge Bowron Lake Adventures Resort
Arts: Island Mountain Arts and Sunset Theatre
Food & Fun: Pooley St. Cafe, The Wells Hotel, Jack O Clubs General, and The Bear’s Paw Cafe, Wells, BC

Details

Date:
April 10, 2020
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Venue

Barkerville Historic Town & Park
14301 Highway 26 East
Barkerville, BC V0K 1B0 Canada
Phone
1.888.994.3332

Details

Date:
April 10, 2020
Time:
Event Category:

Venue

Barkerville Historic Town & Park
14301 Highway 26 East
Barkerville, BC V0K 1B0 Canada
Phone
1.888.994.3332