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Cariboo Chilcotin Continued from page 45
Provincial Park. BC’s largest park spans 981,000ha/2,452,500ac. Watch for the volcanic “Rainbow Mountains”, flowering meadows, waterfalls and glacial-capped peaks. Area highlights: fly fishing for trout, camping, hiking, canoeing and horseback riding. Look for mountain goats, caribou, black bears, moose and countless bird species. Charter a floatplane to fly over Turner Lake and view one of North America’s highest waterfalls – Hunlen Falls plunges 253m/850ft over a sheer rock face.
Part 5 – Bella Coola & Hoodoos at Farwell Canyon • 219.62 km - about 3 hours 52 min Drive from Tatla Lake to Chilko Lake, along a gravel road for 80km/45mi. Go angling for trophy-sized rainbow and bull trout in the turquoise waters of Chilko Lake, the largest, natural, high-elevation freshwater lake in North America. Stop near Alexis Creek, named after Chief Alexis of the Chilcotin tribe, at Bull Canyon and Battle Rock. Here, the Chilcotin defended their lands in fierce battles with the Shuswap and Bella Coola First Nations. From Riske Creek, detour along Farwell Canyon Road (a well maintained gravel road) to see hoodoos at Farwell Canyon and Junction Sheep Range Provincial Park, which is home to more than 500 free-roaming bighorn sheep.
Part 6 - Williams Lake to Clinton • 162.57 km - about 2 hours 12 min Heading east again on Hwy 20, to Williams Lake. Visit the Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin and the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame, go mountain biking, take a rafting trip on any one of the Chilcotin, Chilko or Fraser rivers. Drive south on the old Cariboo Waggon Road, Hwy 97, to 100 Mile House and see an original stagecoach.
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Continue beyond to Clinton, where you can jump in the saddle for a real cowboy experience at one of the area’s many guest ranches. Along with delicious home-style cooking
Big Sky Golf & Country Club
and western hospitality, you can ride the range and round up cattle. Or explore the countryside while fishing, hiking, canoeing and river rafting.
Part 7 - Pemberton to Vancouver • 323.82 km - about 4 hours 45 min Head south towards Pemberton, and stop at Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, where hanging glaciers crown three turquoise-coloured lakes. Complete the circle tour via the spectacular
Sea-to-Sky Highway (Hwy 99).
From the mountain encircled village of Whistler, travel through narrow valleys with mountain glaciers visible in the distance alongside Howe Sound.
The Sea-to-Sky Highway turns a final corner and the mountains give way to a spectacular view of Vancouver – arguably one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Fishing at Bella Coola, Aboriginal Tourism Association of BC Photo
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