Chapter 6: The Gold Rush Era by

Shawna Kaitlyn - The Gold Rush Era

shawna_tomlinso — 2014-02-18 14:42:07 UTC

There was a movement of people in the West that couldn't be controlled. The gold fever had caused this outbreak. Donald McLean had been a traitor for the Hudson's Bay Company.

Jennifer

2014-02-18 14:48:43 UTC

In 1862, a group of 150 men, one women, and three children left Winnipeg heading for the British Columbia goldfields. They were known as the overlanders.

Rama- Cariboo gold rush

2014-02-18 14:53:35 UTC

There was a second gold - rush from 1860-1863, prospectors found gold farther north , on the horsefly river. A new community named barkerville sprang up the community contained deep placers T

Shawna Kaitlyn- The Fraser River Gold Rush

shawna_tomlinso — 2014-02-18 14:56:59 UTC

Since 1849 people (prospectors) have been planning for gold in California. They filtered the sludge banks looking for small specks of washed up gold from the river. But soon the moved elsewhere for they weren't finding anything.

Jennifer

2014-02-18 14:57:14 UTC

The sisters at St.Ann's Mission near Fort Edmonton, tried to persuade Catherine to stay with them until the baby was born. Catherine refused and wouldn't let them change her mind.

Shawna Kaitlyn - The Fraser River Gold Rush

shawna_tomlinso — 2014-02-18 15:26:59 UTC

1858 - Prospectors found gold in the Fraser River valley, close to Lillooet, B.C. Many people then spread north hoping to find the fortune. in about one year, close to 30 000 had been to the Fraser River searching for gold.

Jennifer

2014-02-18 15:34:51 UTC

When the Overlanders crossed the mountains, they were forced to abandon horses, cattle, and everything but necessities. Catherine watched travellers die due to the grueling hardships.

Rama- cariboo gold rush

2014-02-18 15:36:05 UTC

They dug mines and hacked out the gold bearing rock before barkerville ran out of gold in the 1930s, it produced around 37 500 ounces of pure gold.

Jennifer

2014-02-18 15:40:08 UTC

In northern B.C. some of the Overlanders built rafts to travel to the Thomas River toward Quesnel.

Jennifer

2014-02-18 15:41:42 UTC

Catherine went into labour while still on the raft. The First Nations women helped Catherine give birth to a healthy baby girl named Rose.

rama - cariboo gold rush .

2014-02-18 15:45:51 UTC

compared with the settlement of the prairies the movement of the people was mayhem people raced to get to promising sites .

- There was no police to maintaine order.

- Getting supplies in and out of the gold rush area proved to be a challenge .

- The cariboo wagon road was built from yale- barkerville just for this.

Jennifer-The Effects of Prospectors

2014-02-18 15:45:56 UTC

The arrival of the gold prospectors was destructive to the first nations. Prospectors damaged land to attempt to find gold. Sometimes they even burned down forest areas to get to gold-bearing rock, they even used chemicals that sometimes got into the water system. They did not consult the First Nations people or even seem to care about the effects of what the chemicals are doing to these people. Before the gold rush, the government didn't sign treaties with First Nations living in the area. Prospectors took over the land and started mining.