The Cariboo Regional District Board approved the addition of the Big Lake Ranch Heritage Site to it’s Heritage Registry.
Located at the southeast east corner of Likely Road and Pritchard Road, the site was recommended to the CRD’s Heritage Steering Committee for it’s cultural and historical value.
It includes two original log buildings and one imported log building and contains portions of the original Gold Rush Trail.
Cariboo Regional District staff worked with the Province of British Columbia’s Heritage Branch to review and finalize a Statement of Significance that explains the site’s importance and key features.
The Statement has been approved and will be sent to the provincial heritage registry and can also be added to the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
Buildings on the Big Lake Ranch Heritage Site represent a typical ranching settlement that would have been found the 1880s to the 1920s, the time after the Cariboo Gold Rush.
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