Lillooet () is a district municipality in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern

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. The town is on the west shore of the

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immediately north of the

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mouth. On BC Highway 99, the locality is by road about northeast of Pemberton, northwest of Lytton, and west of

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First Nations

A main population centre of the

Stʼatʼimc The Statimc (), also known as the Lillooet (), St̓át̓imc, Stl'atl'imx (), etc., are an Interior Salish people located in the southern Coast Mountains and Fraser Canyon region of the Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Stati ...

(Lillooet Nation), who comprise just over 50 per cent of the Lillooet area residents, it is one of the southernmost communities in North America where

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form the majority.

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communities assert the land is traditional territory, having been continuously inhabited for thousands of years. The confluence of several main streams with the Fraser attracted large seasonal and permanent indigenous populations. Situated in the Lower Fountain, the

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(Sat' or Setl), which blocked migrating salmon, has remained a popular fishing and fish drying site for centuries.

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, one of the largest ancient

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communities in the

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, is one of the many archaeological and heritage sites in the vicinity. Several

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sites have been documented along the Fraser in the vicinity of Lillooet.

Name origin

The First Nations name of Pap-shil-KWA-KA-meen translates as the "place where the three rivers meet". The former European name of Cayoosh Flat inferred a dead or dying

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(namely a decrepit specimen) at the river. In 1859, Governor Douglas granted a petition to change the name to Lillooet. The

Lil'wat The Lil'wat First Nation ( lil, líl̓watǝmx), a.k.a. the Lil'wat Nation or the Mount Currie Indian Band, is a First Nations in Canada, First Nation band government located in the southern Coast Mountains region of the British Columbia Interio ...

people lived on the

Douglas Road The Douglas Road, a.k.a. the Lillooet Trail, Harrison Trail or Lakes Route, was a goldrush-era transportation route from the British Columbia Coast to the Interior (NB another route known as the Lillooet Trail was the Lillooet Cattle Trail, which ...

, a.k.a. the Lakes Route, which was the main trail from the south. This name, which means "wild onion", appears on Anderson's 1849 map.

Roads, ferries and bridges

For the fortune seekers of the

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(upper canyon) and the

Cariboo Gold Rush The Cariboo Gold Rush was a gold rush in the Colony of British Columbia, which later joined the Canadian province of British Columbia. The first gold discovery was made at Hills Bar in 1858, followed by more strikes in 1859 on the Horsefly River, ...

, the portage-intensive Douglas Road from the south terminated at Lillooet. Across the Fraser, Parsonville was "Mile 0" of the

Old Cariboo Road The Old Cariboo Road is a reference to the original wagon road to the Cariboo gold fields in what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. It should not be confused with the Cariboo Road, which was built slightly later and used a differen ...

, which stretched about northward to

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. Built as a toll road by

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, the first 20 to 30 kilometres of tortuous canyon-brink grade remained little changed until the 1970s. In 1864, the shorter

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, which connected

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Barkerville Barkerville was the main town of the Cariboo Gold Rush in British Columbia, Canada, and is preserved as a historic town. It is located on the north slope of the Cariboo Plateau near the Cariboo Mountains east of Quesnel. BC Highway 26, which ...

via

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, bypassed Lillooet. The Fraser was crossed by ferry at Lillooet. Parsonville had faded into obscurity by 1889, when the first bridge at Lillooet opened. Consequently, Lillooet became "Mile 0". The numbered roadhouse names of the

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district became measured from the bend in Main Street commemorated by a cairn erected in 1939. However, when the present bridge was constructed south of the town, these old travel measurements became understated by about two miles. In 1994, fire destroyed the station bridge over the Seton River. In 2020, a two-lane structure replaced the temporary single lane bridge installed in 1994.

Mining

The section of Main Street north from the cairn was called "the Golden Mile" allegedly to reflect gold dust scattered on the ground but indisputably as a supply hub fueled by the goldrush traffic. West of Lillooet, the Golden Cache Mine on

Cayoosh Creek Cayoosh Creek is a northeast-flowing tributary of the Seton River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The name Cayoosh Creek remains on the bridge-sign crossing the stream on BC Highway 99 and continues in use locally to refer to the f ...

, was staked in 1895. However, promising expectations proved illusive, which ended further investment. The associated prospecting boom ceased by 1900, when mining activity relocated to the Klondike. Other gold prospecting in the area included

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in the

Bridge River Country The Bridge River Country is a historic geographic region and mining district in the Interior of British Columbia, Canada, lying between the Fraser Canyon and the valley of the Lillooet River, south of the Chilcotin Plateau and north of the Lillooet ...

, which began in the 1880s and 1890s, but peaked from the 1930s to the 1950s.

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and

Bralorne Bralorne ( ) is a historic Canadian gold mining community in the Bridge River District of British Columbia, some 130 km on dirt roads west of the town of Lillooet. Background Gold has been the central element in the area's history going bac ...

were mining centres. Prospecting for gold continues and to a lesser extent for copper, silver and

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. Until the discovery of larger jade deposits near Cassiar, the Lillooet area was the world's largest source of the nephrite form. Unknown tonnes were exported to China before government assayers discovered the nature of the "black rocks" that the Chinese miners found so interesting. In the 1950s, local farmer and teacher Ron Purvis adapted the skil-saw concept to create a diamond rotary blade. The blade could safely cut the immovable jade boulders which line the banks and beds of the

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and

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rivers, whereas blasting would have shattered the rock. Although local stores sell polished jade souvenirs, major commercial jade operations no longer exist in the Lillooet area.

Railway

The northward advance of the

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(PGE) rail head reached the head of

Seton Lake Seton Lake is a freshwater fjord draining east via the Seton River into the Fraser River at the town of Lillooet, about long, in area and lies at an elevation of . Its depth is . The lake is natural in origin but was raised slightly as part of ...

in January 1915 and the Lillooet locality the following month. PGE built a depot between the Seton River and Cayoosh Creek. That month, the first passenger train arrived, triggering a revival for the isolated town, since a railway could ship agricultural produce. By year end, the track reached Clinton, an additional . To benefit the railway rather than land speculators, PGE had bypassed the downtown by crossing the Fraser south of the Seton River on the Lillooet railway bridge. PGE erected a station and four-stall roundhouse at East Lillooet, which was a

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. The initial depot, called Lillooet station, was westward across the Fraser. In 1930, PGE built the Lillooet Diversion from the head of Seton Lake, through the downtown, and north to the Polley bridge. In 1931, PGE completed the bridge, built a new two-storey station downtown, and dismantled and reassembled the roundhouse nearby. The latter was demolished during the early 1970s. The Lillooet station building, which was replaced in 1986, was east of Craig ( east of Retakit after Craig closed) and south of Polley ( south of Fountain after Polley closed). The withdrawal of the

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passenger train in October 2002 ended through service.

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freight trains on break and the

Kaoham Shuttle The Kaoham Shuttle is a Lillooet–Seton Portage passenger rail service along the northern shore of Seton Lake in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. By BC Highway 99, the eastern terminus is about northeast of Vancou ...

still use the station.

Early community

The town began as a goldrush centre in the late 1850s, booming during the progression of discoveries on the Fraser and in the Cariboo in the early 1860s. The title of "the largest town west of

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and north of

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" moved in rapid succession from

to Lillooet, and then to

. Just after this gold rush, the town's layout was surveyed by the

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. In 1860, the population was 4,000–5,000. About that time, Richard Hoey was granted on the Texas Creek Road. St. Mary the Virgin Anglican church was built in 1861 and a school established in 1863. That year, the hotels and shops served a population of about 1,600. The Stage Hotel (1860) was considered first class. The Pioneer Hotel (1862) became the Excelsior in the early 1900s. Further lodgings were the International Hotel (1866) and Victoria Hotel (1892). In 1864, Joseph Watkinson, Thomas Harris, F.W. Foster, and Richard Hoey built the first

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. In 1896, St. Andrews Presbyterian church was erected. In 1904, the town was surveyed. The 1930 fire destroyed the Excelsior, Hurley's Grocery, a movie theatre and the government liquor store. In 1946, the settlement incorporated as a village municipality. In 1948, fire destroyed the Log Cabin Theatre, an 1860s livery barn that had been remodelled into theatre in 1934. Booms occurred during local gold mining activity, and in the 1940s and 50s during the construction of the

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. In 1996, the town re-incorporated as a district municipality.

Forestry and agriculture

The economy was historically based upon logging, the railway, ranching, farming, and government services. The long growing season has favoured orchards, and in recent times, ginseng. Once, hop and tobacco crops supported the former local beer, cigar and chewing tobacco industries. The town has relied upon

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Th ...

since the mid-1970s. In the 1940s, an Italian named Savona planted vines in the

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area. Established in 2009, the

Fort Berens Winery Fort Berens Winery, aka Fort Berens Estate Winery, is a winery and vineyard based in Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada. Located in East Lillooet, near the site of the never-built Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Berens, it is the first successful at ...

in East Lillooet was the first attempt at commercial

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. Visitors can taste the award-winning wines. The Cliff & George Vineyards, about south on the west side of the Fraser, offers a similar opportunity as well as picnic areas on the historic Texas Creek Ranch near Texas Creek.

Japanese internment camps

Four

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camps existed in the Lillooet area during

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, following the removal of

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s from the British Columbia Coast in 1942. Each were "self-support" sites, where family groups who had the financial means could remain together, but the locations were more isolated than the camps in the Kootenays. Since internees were not permitted to return to the coast until 1949, many families permanently settled in Lillooet. The largest camp was East Lillooet, housing 309 people. The other nearby camps were at

Shalalth Shalalth and South Shalalth are unincorporated communities on the northern shore near the western end of Seton Lake in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. The localities are by road about northwest of Lillooet, but on ...

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, and McGillvray Falls.

Later community

The town includes infrastructure typical for its size. In 2009, the district developed a community plan. In 2013, the water treatment plant received a $5.6 million upgrade. In 2019, Tourism Lillooet released a strategic plan. In 2022, an electric vehicle fast charging station opened. Police, fire, and ambulance, respectively operate emergency service bases. The Lillooet Hospital & Health Centre is a Level 1 Community Hospital which includes 24-hour emergency services. The district owns and operates the

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Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Lillooet had a population of 2,302 living in 1,111 of its 1,214 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,275. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Lillooet's larger regional population includes that of the three large bands of the St'at'imc or Lillooet Nation whose reserves abut the town on all sides, and another three large reserves within ; 430 of the District of Lillooet's population are aboriginal. Historical populations have included large numbers of Americans and Chinese, although there are few of either today (although many longtime local families, First Nations and non-First Nations, have some bloodlines from both). The town's non-native population has been historically multi-ethnic in extraction, with a relatively high-rate of intermarriage between all groups.

Education

Lillooet has one high school, Lillooet Secondary, which also serves students from neighbouring rural localities such as

Seton Portage Seton Portage () is a community located on a narrow strip of land between Anderson Lake and Seton Lake in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia. The community is home to two Seton Lake First Nation communities at either end of t ...

and

, although those communities do offer students a secondary school program. Cayoosh Elementary School is in the Cayoosh Heights subdivision and George M. Murray Elementary serves North Lillooet. The Upper St'at'imc Culture, Language and Education Society (USCLES) operates education programs, but most St'at'imc children attend the public school system. Post-secondary programs are offered at a

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campus. The Fountainview Academy, about south, is an international private school, which offers work-study experience that includes organic farming.

Notable people

* Johnder Basran, first Indo-Canadian mayor in Canada * Alexander E.B. Davie, member of the Legislative Assembly for

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and 8th

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, Canadian writer and teacher. He was shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1991 Governor General's Awards for his short story collection ''Blue Husbands'', and for the 1993 Books in Canada First Novel Award for his novel ''The Crew''. ''Blue Husbands'' was also a winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 1992. * A.C. Elliott, magistrate in Lillooet and 4th

* George Leach, actor and Juno award-winning songwriter/guitarist *

Bertha Hosang Mah Bertha Hosang Mah (November 18, 1896 – 1959) was a Canadian student, the first Chinese woman to graduate from a Canadian university. Early life Hosang was born in Lillooet, British Columbia,

, first Chinese woman to graduate from a Canadian university (McGill, 1917); born in Lillooet *

Masajiro Miyazaki Masajiro Miyazaki, Order of Canada, CM (November 24, 1899 – July 23, 1984) was a Canadian osteopathic physician who practised in Vancouver prior to World War II. During World War II, he was appointed as a coroner by the British Columbia Provinci ...

, Japanese-Canadian internee and town coroner during WWII, founder of the local ambulance and hospital,

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awardee * George Murray, MLA and publisher of the 'Bridge River-Lillooet News' * Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray, editor of the Bridge River-Lillooet News,

awardee * Caspar Phair, Lillooet pioneer, Gold Commissioner and first Government Agent

Climate

Lillooet experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen ''

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).'' Situated at an intersection of deep gorges in the lee of the

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, it has a dry climate with an average of of precipitation being recorded annually. The locality often vies with Lytton and

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for the title of "Canada's Hot Spot" on a daily basis in summer. Lillooet holds the record for the fourth-hottest temperature recorded in British Columbia and Canada (behind Lytton,

and

). On 29 June 2021, during the

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which brought unprecedented heat to the

, the temperature reached . Lillooet also holds the record for the hottest temperature recorded in the province during the months of April (), May (), and December (). The coldest temperature recorded was measured at the airport during a November cold snap in 1985. With an average annual snowfall of , Lillooet is the least snowy place in the BC Interior.

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Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010
, accessed 9 July 2013

Footnotes

References

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External links

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