Lake Road to the Watch Lake- eggs. Smaller lakes that offer good (which date back some 500 million
Green Lake Recreation Area. Watch fishing for rainbow trout include years) resemble a crumbling
Lake is popular for rainbows up to Tyee, Crooked, Lac La Hache, castle wall. Visit historic Hat Creek
2.5 kilograms. Other lakes in this Big, Morehead, McLeese, Keno, Ranch Museum, with its great
land of rolling hills and jack pines Klinne, Jackson, Dragon, Hen variety of interactive displays and
include Pressy, Jim, Little Green, Ingram, and Doreen. Forest Lake activities, to learn about the region’s
young, Spectacle, and Nolan. (north of Williams Lake but south
extensive use by Interior First
North of Highway 24, Canim, Lorin,
of Tyee Lake) has a distinguished Nations peoples, and more recent
Hathaway, Deka, Sulphurous, and
reputation for some of the biggest settlement by homesteaders after
Drewry Lakes have good trolling
rainbow trout in the Cariboo, with the gold rush.
for trophy lake char, and healthy
prize fish to four kilograms, and
The pioneering spirit of the Cariboo-
populations of kokanee and rainbow
the occasional brute that can top
Chilcotin region lives on in the
trout.
nine kilograms. For some incredible
ranching town of Clinton. Slip on a
The South Cariboo is particularly
sightseeing and awesome fishing in
pair of cowboy boots and a Stetson
family-friendly. The clear, warm
virtually untouched waters, arrange
hat, then stroll through displays of
lakes and great beaches offer a
to fly into Ghost or Mitchell Lakes,
old farming implements that the
high in the Cariboo Mountains,
variety of water sports. This being
early settlers used to tame this wild
or take a jet-boat to access the
ranch and cattle country, sign up
land. About 16 kilometres south of
Ghost, Mitchell, Roaring or Quesnel
for a exhilarating trail ride, too,
70 Mile House, take a short detour
rivers. Observe a colourful autumn
or an autumn cattle drive amid
east off Highway 97 to delightful
spectacle as thousands of crimson
glorious fall colours. In addition
Painted Chasm Provincial Park,
sockeye return to spawn in the
to excellent ice fishing, winter
British Columbia’s own little Grand
Horsefly River.
Canyon, before rejoining the
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Lakes Provincial Park, 126 kilometres Waggon Road, where coach
horse-drawn sleigh ride over the
east of Quesnel (via Highway 26). passengers could take a break on

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then enjoying a hot mug of cocoa
short portages form a 116-kilometre,
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rectangular canoeing circuit that
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biggest lakes in the Cariboo are
Cunningham Ranch to take a short
Dolly Varden and lake char, kokanee,
Quesnel and Horsefly. These lakes
ride into the history of the Cariboo.
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and whitefish in an unforgettable
are renowned for big, piscivorous
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for exciting dry-fly action. Mountains. This is cattle country,
Travel along Highway 99 northeast
home to the Gang Ranch — one of
from Lillooet to Highway 12 through
the world’s largest — encompassing
Pavilion, and on toward Highway
over 16,000 square kilometres
97. Pavilion, Crown, and Turquoise
of hills and grasslands south of
are three exquisite, clear lakes in
Williams Lake. Feel right at home
Marble Canyon Provincial Park, just
dressed in the unofficial uniform of
past the town of Pavilion. These
British Columbia’s wild west: faded,
three lakes offer good trolling and
saddle-worn blue jeans, denim
fly-casting for rainbow trout to two
shirts, cowboy hats, and boots.
kilograms. Take the one-kilometre, With a stunning backdrop of snow-
self-guided trail leading to Marble crested coastal mountains, this
Canyon, whose chalky deposits multifaceted landscape of pine
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