In 1914, Douglas Marr Brown leaves his teaching position in Wolfson Bay and travelled 40 kilometers to Quesnel to become the senior teacher at the town’s public school. Originally from New Brunswick, D.M. Brown decided to move out west in search of new opportunities in beautiful British Columbia….
153 Mile House’s History The 153 Mile House is one of the last surviving roadhouses built along British Columbia’s historic Cariboo Waggon Road. During the Cariboo Gold Rush, thousands of miners, freight teams, and travellers passed through the region in hopes of striking it rich. They stopped at…
153 Mile House History The 153 Mile House is one of the last surviving roadhouses built along British Columbia’s historic Cariboo Waggon Road. During the Cariboo Gold Rush, thousands of miners, freight teams, and travellers passed along the Cariboo Waggon Road. Mile houses such as 153 Mile House,…
The 153 Mile House is one of the last surviving roadhouses built along British Columbia’s historic Cariboo Waggon Road. During the Cariboo Gold Rush, thousands of miners, freight teams, and travellers passed through the region in hopes of striking it rich. They stopped at the houses at the…
Life at 153 Mile House offered many opportunites, but higher education was not one of them. The Crosina children attended a one-room school at nearby 150 miles, but to continue their education they had to travel hundres of kilometers to Victoria for their high school Education. Among the…
153 Mile House’s History The 153 Mile House is one of the last surviving roadhouses built along British Columbia’s historic Cariboo Waggon Road. During the Cariboo Gold Rush, thousands of miners, freight teams, and travellers passed through the region in hopes of striking it rich. They stopped at…
For over sixty years, Louis and Clara Crosina, and later on their daughter Lil, welcomed customers at 153 Mile House. When the store closed after Lil’s death in 1963, the building and its contents remained exactly as they were on her final day. Today, the building offers a…