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Introduction |
Introduction
The success of the Cariboo gold-fields made it necessary to improve the roads to the Cariboo.
To improve the transportation of supplies to the mines, Governor James Douglas decided to have a road built to the Cariboo.
When the Cariboo Wagon Road was finished, large wagons were able to load freight from the steamers at Yale and carry it all the way to the mines.
As the start of October 1861 Colonel Richard Clement Moody advised Governor Douglas that the Yale to Cariboo route through the Fraser Canyon would be beneficial to the development of the country, and that construction should start at once.
The Royal Engineers were ordered to map out the best route for the Cariboo Wagon Road. They recommended that the road should be built in sections. They noted some of the problems road builders would face in each section.
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