Beaver Pass House
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Beaver Pass House is an unincorporated locality and former roadhouse
Roadhouse
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 on the Cariboo Wagon Road (now the Barkerville Highway) in the Cariboo Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia
British Columbia Interior
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, Canada
Canada
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. Located on the north bank of Lightning Creek
Lightning Creek
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 northwest of Coldspring House
Coldspring House
Coldspring House is an unincorporated locality and former roadhouse on the Cariboo Wagon Road in the Cariboo Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Located just east of the confluence of Lightning Creek and the Swift River between Quesnel and Barkerville along that route...

, another roadhouse, it still had a population of 17 in the 1961 Canadian census, in which it had been listed as Beaver Pass (the pass proper
Beaver Pass (Cariboo)
Beaver Pass, elev. 1070 m , is a pass in the hillcountry of the northern Cariboo Plateau forming a divide between Lightning Creek and Tregillus Creek, part of the Willow River drainage , located just northwest of Beaver Pass House, a locality along the route of BC Highway 26, which leads to...

 is just to its north). By that time, the original roadhouse had been destroyed by a fire, but a gas station and coffeehouse had been built near the original location.

Between Beaver Pass House and Coldspring House are the localities of Wingdam and Pinegrove
Pinegrove, British Columbia
Pinegrove is an unincorporated locality on BC Highway 26 in the Cariboo Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia, located between Coldspring House and Beaver Pass House , southwest of Four Mile Lake. It is the location of the Troll Ski Resort.-References:...

. Pinegrove is the location of the Troll Ski Resort
Troll Ski Resort
Troll Ski Resort, often referred to simply as Troll, is a ski area located in the Quesnel Highland in the northeastern Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada, located between Quesnel and the historic goldfield towns of Wells-Barkerville...

, a small operation popular with skiers from Quesnel.
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