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100 Mile House was originally known as Bridge Creek House, named after the creek running through the area.Its origins as a settlement go back to the time when Thomas Miller owned a collection of ramshackle buildings serving the traffic of the gold rush as a resting point for travellers moving between Kamloops and Fort Alexandria, which was 158 kilometres (98 mi) north of 100 Mile House farther ...
The District of 100 Mile House: Location: 100 Mile House, British Columbia: Time zone: PST (UTC−08:00) • Summer : PDT (UTC−07:00) Elevation ...
The Douglas DC-6B plane crashed near 100 Mile House, British Columbia, taking the lives of all 52 aboard. [1] [2] An inquest determined that the explosion was the result of a bomb, but the crime remains unsolved. [1]
Lone Butte is located 13 km (8 mi) southeast of 100 Mile House and is immediately north of the recreational lake-community of Green Lake.The vertical structure of Lone Butte forms a prominent monument that rises more than 50 m (160 ft) above the surrounding lowlands of the Cariboo Plateau.
It begins in the west at 93 Mile House, approximately 11 km (6.8 mi) south of 100 Mile House. After 9 km (5.6 mi), it passes through the small community of Lone Butte. After passing several turn-offs to resort lakes including Sheridan Lake, the highway passes through the community of Bridge Lake, 38 km (24 mi) later. The highway then proceeds ...
It covers a large geographic area in the Chilcotin and Cariboo districts, from 100 Mile House in the south to Williams Lake in the north. The school district had 30 schools as of May 2012. [ 3 ] Of these, three are high schools, eight are junior secondary or combined elementary/junior secondary schools, 16 elementary schools and three provide ...
100 Mile House, British Columbia: named for being the location of a roadhouse at the 100 mile mark up the Old Cariboo Road during the Cariboo Gold Rush; Chafford Hundred, England, a 21st-century built settlement named for the historic Hundred of Chafford
101 Mile Lake is a small lake located near the town of 100 Mile House, British Columbia. Like the town, the lake is named because of its distance from Lillooet via the Old Cariboo Road . [ 1 ]