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  • Then another sleigh load of cariboo, in all twelve Cariboo, two sleighs of hare, grouse and ptarmigan, then a man carrying a dead _carcajou_, then in the distance, the soldier-like phiz of the Nimrod himself, nimbly following on foot the cavalcade.

    Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868

  • This guide had taken the party right up by Cranberry Lake, where we were a few days ago, over the Albreda Pass, and down the Thompson, until he showed them what he called the Cariboo country -- which none of them ever reached.

    The Young Alaskans in the Rockies Emerson Hough 1890

  • They went a little farther than calling her Cariboo Barbie.

    Palin running for cover... Dave 2009

  • They went a little farther than calling her Cariboo Barbie.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Edstock 2009

  • We have worked hard this summer; a South Wind blowing at this time of year in the Cariboo is a call ... a soft whisper which reminds me it is time to visit the Coast.

    BC Bloggers 2008

  • Many places, such as Cariboo, are, or were, richly so; and there are few spots in that part which will not yield what miners know as a "colour" of gold -- that is, gold just sufficient to see, even if it is not enough to pay for working by our slight human methods.

    A Tramp's Notebook Morley Roberts 1899

  • Lillooet, between the Fraser River and the Coast Mountain Range to the west, the Cariboo-Chilcotin region of south-central British

    February 2009 2009

  • For the young student, these stories will provide detailed knowledge of the Cariboo-Chilcotin, a sense of its interesting history, and perhaps a sense as well of “who we are”.

    the Virtual Bookmark: 2009

  • For the young student, these stories will provide detailed knowledge of the Cariboo-Chilcotin, a sense of its interesting history, and perhaps a sense as well of “who we are”.

    February 2009 2009

  • Lillooet, between the Fraser River and the Coast Mountain Range to the west, the Cariboo-Chilcotin region of south-central British

    the Virtual Bookmark: 2009

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