The Cariboo Hockey League was a senior and intermediate

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league in the

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. It operated within the

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History

The Cariboo Hockey League (CarHL) was ''the major'' Senior A League in the Cariboo Region of British Columbia for a long time. In 1979, the league merged with other shrinking leagues to form the

British Columbia Senior Hockey League The British Columbia Senior Hockey League is a defunct men's senior ice hockey league that operated within the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association for only two seasons, 1979–80 and 1980–81. List of Champions * 1979-80: Delta Hurry King ...

. The CarHL came back for one season in 1983-84 before disappearing.

Teams

* 100 Mile House Blazers * Kamloops Cowboys *

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Quesnel Kangaroos The Quesnel Kangaroos was an intermediate and senior ice hockey team in Quesnel, British Columbia that played as an Intermediate team at least as far back as 1965. In 1979, they became a member of the upstart BCSHL. After the demise of the BCSHL (a ...

Vanderhoof Bears The Vanderhoof Bears were a senior and intermediate ice hockey team in Vanderhoof, British Columbia. They played in the Cariboo Hockey League and the Pacific Northwest Hockey League The Pacific Northwest Hockey League was an amateur mixed-level i ...

Williams Lake Stampeders The Williams Lake Stampeders are an intermediate and senior hockey ice hockey team in Williams Lake, British Columbia. Background The senior team played in the Cariboo Hockey League from the league's founding in 1936 until 1979. The Stampeders wo ...

References

* Defunct ice hockey leagues in British Columbia 1979 disestablishments in British Columbia Sports leagues disestablished in 1979 {{icehockey-league-stub