Continuing Legal Education Society Of British Columbia

Continuing Legal Education Society Of British Columbia

Continuing Legal Education Society Of British Columbia

The “Gateway to the Cariboo” in Clinton, BC is located approximately 40 kms north of the Trans Canada Highway #1 and Cariboo Highway #97 junction. It takes about four and a half hours to drive there from downtown Vancouver. The Cariboo’s most northern city 400 kms north of Clinton is Prince George, known as a leading contributor to BC’s softwood lumber industry.

Brief Cariboo History

The Fraser River and its watershed meander through much of the Cariboo region. Its banks have been home to many First Nations for up to ten thousand years. Trade relationships and overland routes called grease trails developed between the Interior Salish, Chilcotin and Coast Salish First Nations people for the exchange of goods.

Popular trade items were furs, fish and obsidian. Eulachon, also known as oolichan, became a trading commodity from the Pacific Coast. These small fish were either eaten or its rich oil used as a condiment, greasy in texture, which often leaked onto the trails during transport.