Gold Trails and Ghost Towns

Greenwood

CHBC Official Description: The smallest incorporated city in Canada, Greenwood is also known as one of the last two great mining towns. It contained one of the largest smelters in the British Empire.

Kaslo

CHBC Official Description: This town almost became a ghost town a mere sixteen weeks after its heyday, but it refused to die despite being hit by flood and fire.

Cascade City

CHBC Official Desscription: Bill Barlee takes you home to Cascade City, a town where he spent his youth and tells of a large cache of silver.

Cariboo Road

CHBC Official Description: The construction of the Cariboo Road is examined. This engineering marvel, which was carved from the walls of Fraser Canyon, provided miners with a safer route to their riches.

Writing on Stone

CHBC Official Description: Bill and Mike leave B.C. for the Milk River Country of Southern Alberta. The badlands are the sources for several interesting stories.

Chinese Miners

CHBC Official Description: The Chinese miners were famous for their skills as placer miners. They reworked areas left by white prospectors and didn't miss much gold.

Slocan City

CHBC Official Description: Unbelievable riches in silver produced some of the classic towns of the era. ""Cayuse Brown"" and ""The Yellow Kid"" are just two of the characters Bill brings back to life, along with the story of the Golden Wedge Treasure.

Kettle Valley Railway

Lost Golden Plate

Ainsworth

Wildhorse Creek

Moyie

Ymir