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Big Lake Ranch Heritage Site

            The Big Lake Ranch, with its large rooming house, barns capable of sheltering more than 50 horses, blacksmith shop, saddle shed, store and post office - served as an important 'stopping place' on the way to the gold-producing areas around Barkerville.

The house and barns were built by William Parker, a young man from Wisconsin in the latter part of the 1800s. He operated a transportation system, carrying freight and passengers between Ashcroft and Quesnel Forks.

As "Gold Fever" cooled down and the roads and vehicles improved, the ranch became less important as a 'stopping place' and was used mostly as a ranch home and a store serving local ranches and sawmills in the 1950s.

Pictured here is what was the blacksmith's shop.

Taken in: Canada / British Columbia / Big Lake Ranch (show map)

Taken on: August 30, 2019

Tags:

British Columbia

outdoors

Big Lake Ranch

blacksmith shop

heritage

Cariboo

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Sets appears in: • Olden Days • British Columbia Interior

Groups appears in: • interior bc • Beyond Robson more » • Photo News Canada Gallery • The Georgia Straight • Best of British Columbia Outdoors « less

Camera: Nikon D7200, f/8.0, 1/160 sec, 20mm (=30mm), ISO 180 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7200
Lens:	18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	20mm (35mm equivalent: 30mm)
ISO:	180
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 11.0 (Macintosh)
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