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…