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Lillooet (formerly Cayoosh Flat) is a small but historic and highly scenic community on the Fraser River
Fraser River

The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia, Canada, rising near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 km , into the Pacific Ocean at the city of Vancouver, British Columbia....
 in western Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, about 240 kilometres (150 miles) up the British Columbia Railway line from Vancouver. Situated at an intersection of deep gorges in the lee of the Coast Mountains
Coast Mountains

The Coast Mountains are a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the British Columbia Coast....
, it has an extremely arid
Arid

A region is said to be arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or even preventing the Individual growth and Morphogenesis of plant and animal life....
 climate
Climate

Climate encompasses the temperatures, humidity, atmospheric pressure, winds, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and numerous other Meteorology elements in a given region over long periods of time, as opposed to the term weather, which refers to current activity of these same elements....
 - of precipitation is recorded annually at the town's weather station
Weather station

A weather station is a facility with instruments and equipment to make observations of Earth's atmosphere conditions in order to provide information to make weather forecasting and to study the weather and climate....
, although nearby microclimate
Microclimate

A microclimate is a local atmospheric zone where the climate differs from the surrounding area. The term may refer to areas as small as a few square feet or as large as many square miles ....
s (some within a few hundred metres of the station) receive less than 50mm (2 inches) of precipitation over small patches of benchland flanking the river adjacent to town.






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Lillooet (formerly Cayoosh Flat) is a small but historic and highly scenic community on the Fraser River
Fraser River

The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia, Canada, rising near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 km , into the Pacific Ocean at the city of Vancouver, British Columbia....
 in western Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, about 240 kilometres (150 miles) up the British Columbia Railway line from Vancouver. Situated at an intersection of deep gorges in the lee of the Coast Mountains
Coast Mountains

The Coast Mountains are a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the British Columbia Coast....
, it has an extremely arid
Arid

A region is said to be arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or even preventing the Individual growth and Morphogenesis of plant and animal life....
 climate
Climate

Climate encompasses the temperatures, humidity, atmospheric pressure, winds, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and numerous other Meteorology elements in a given region over long periods of time, as opposed to the term weather, which refers to current activity of these same elements....
 - of precipitation is recorded annually at the town's weather station
Weather station

A weather station is a facility with instruments and equipment to make observations of Earth's atmosphere conditions in order to provide information to make weather forecasting and to study the weather and climate....
, although nearby microclimate
Microclimate

A microclimate is a local atmospheric zone where the climate differs from the surrounding area. The term may refer to areas as small as a few square feet or as large as many square miles ....
s (some within a few hundred metres of the station) receive less than 50mm (2 inches) of precipitation over small patches of benchland flanking the river adjacent to town. Lillooet has a long growing season
Growing season

In agriculture, the growing season is the period of each year when agriculture can be grown. It is usually determined by climate and crop selection....
, and once had prolific market garden
Market garden

Market garden may refer to:* Market gardening* Operation Market Garden...
s and orchard produce
Orchard

An orchard is an intentional planting of trees or shrubs maintained for food agriculture. Orchards comprise fruit tree or nut -producing trees grown for commercial production....
. It often experiences extremely hot summers often breaking and it vies with nearby Lytton
Lytton, British Columbia

Lytton in British Columbia sits at the confluence of the Thompson River and Fraser River on the east side of the Fraser at coordinates . The location has been inhabited by the Nlaka'pamux people for over 10,000 years....
 for the title of "Canada's Hot Spot."

Population

Current population of the town proper today is about 2,800, with another 4,500 in the surrounding region for which Lillooet serves as the commercial and social "downtown". The population includes three large bands of the St'at'imc
St'at'imc

The St'?t'imc are an Interior Salish people located in the southern Coast Mountains and Fraser Canyon region of the British Columbia Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia....
 or Lillooet Nation whose reserves abut the town on all sides, and another three large reserves within . Historical populations have included large numbers of Americans and Chinese, although there are few of either today (although many longtime local families, First Nations and non-First Nations, have some bloodlines from both). The town's non-native population has been historically multi-ethnic in extraction, with a relatively high-rate of intermarriage between all groups.

Economy

Its economy is based around logging, the railway, ranching, farming, and government services. The town has had several booms and busts, relying on forestry
Forestry

Forestry is the art and science of managing forests, tree plantations, and related natural resources. Silviculture, a related science, involves the growing and tending of trees and forests....
 since the mid-1970s although previous booms were connected with Fraser Canyon
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush

The Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, began in 1858 after gold was discovered on the Thompson River in British Columbia at its confluence with the Nicoamen River, a few miles upstream from the Thompson's confluence with the Fraser River at present-day Lytton, British Columbia....
 and Cariboo Gold Rush
Cariboo Gold Rush

The Cariboo Gold Rush was a gold rush in the Provinces and territories of Canada British Columbia. Although the first gold discovery was made in 1859 at Horsefly Creek by Peter Dunlevy, followed by more strikes at Keithley Creek and Antler Horns lake in 1860, the actual rush did not begin until 1861, when these discoveries were widely public...
es, the building of the Lillooet Cattle Trail
Lillooet Cattle Trail

The Lillooet Cattle Trail, also known as the Lillooet-Burrard Cattle Trail and also as the Lillooet Trail , was an unusual and daring public works undertaking by the Province of British Columbia in the 1877, and was the largest 19th Century public works expenditure at $35,000 of the new province since its joining Canada in 1871....
, another gold rush adjacent to town in the 1880s and another nearby in the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, and spinoffs from the development of the Bridge River goldfields
Bridge River

The Bridge River is, or was, a major tributary of British Columbia Fraser River, entering that stream about six miles upstream from the town of Lillooet, British Columbia....
 from the 1910s onwards. Lillooet's economy also boomed in the 1940s and 50s during the construction of the Bridge River Power Project
Bridge River

The Bridge River is, or was, a major tributary of British Columbia Fraser River, entering that stream about six miles upstream from the town of Lillooet, British Columbia....
, which includes a dam, canal and powerhouse on the outskirts of town.

History and culture

Lillooet is an important location in native history and culture and remains one of the main population centres of the St'at'imc
St'at'imc

The St'?t'imc are an Interior Salish people located in the southern Coast Mountains and Fraser Canyon region of the British Columbia Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia....
 (Lillooet Nation), and today it is one of the southernmost communities in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 where indigenous people form the majority. Just over 1/2 of the people in Lillooet and area are St'at'imc
St'at'imc

The St'?t'imc are an Interior Salish people located in the southern Coast Mountains and Fraser Canyon region of the British Columbia Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia....
. Considered to be one of the oldest continuously-inhabited locations on the continent, the area is reckoned by archaeologists to have been inhabited for several thousand years. The immediate area of the town attracted large seasonal and permanent populations of native peoples because of the confluence of several main streams with the Fraser and also because of a rock-shelf just above the confluence of the Bridge River
Bridge River

The Bridge River is, or was, a major tributary of British Columbia Fraser River, entering that stream about six miles upstream from the town of Lillooet, British Columbia....
 which is an obstacle to migrating salmon.

This rock shelf, known in gold rush times as the Lower Fountain, was reputedly made by the trickster Coyote
Coyote

The coyote , also known as the prairie wolf, is a species of canid found throughout North America and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States, and Canada....
, leaping back and forth across the river to create platforms for people to catch and dry fish on. This location, named Sat' or Setl in the native language, is the busiest fishing site on the Fraser
Fraser River

The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia, Canada, rising near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 km , into the Pacific Ocean at the city of Vancouver, British Columbia....
 above its mouth and there are numerous drying racks scattered around the banks of the river canyon around it.

Fraser Canyon Gold Rush


The town had its start as one of the main centres of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush

The Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, began in 1858 after gold was discovered on the Thompson River in British Columbia at its confluence with the Nicoamen River, a few miles upstream from the Thompson's confluence with the Fraser River at present-day Lytton, British Columbia....
 of 1858-59, during which it was reckoned to be "the largest town west of Chicago and north of San Francisco
San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
", a title also held by certain other towns in British Columbia
British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
 in rapid succession (Yale
Yale, British Columbia

Yale is an unincorporated though historically very important small town in the Canada province of British Columbia. It was founded in 1848 by the Hudson's Bay Company as Fort Yale by Ovid Allard, the appointed manager of the new post, who named it after his superior, James Murray Yale, then factor of the Columbia District....
 first, Barkerville
Barkerville, British Columbia

Barkerville was the main town of the Cariboo Gold Rush in British Columbia, Canada and is preserved as an historic town. It is located on the Quesnel Highland near the Cariboo Mountains east of Quesnel, British Columbia....
 after). Just after this gold rush, the town's layout as it is today was surveyed by the Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the Structure of the British Army of the British Army....
 and its Main Street tied into the original Cariboo Wagon Road or Old Cariboo Road
Old Cariboo Road

The Old Cariboo Road is a reference to the original wagon road to the Cariboo gold fields in what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia....
 to Fort Alexandria, a huge project undertaken as a toll road by Gustavus Blin Wright
Gustavus Blin Wright

Gustavus Blin Wright was a pioneer roadbuilder and entrepreneur in British Columbia, Canada. His biggest achievement was building the Old Cariboo Road to the Cariboo gold fields, from Lillooet, British Columbia to Alexandria, British Columbia, but he was also a partner in a freighting firm that operated on the Douglas Road, he ran a toll bri...
, one of the many entrepreneurial personalities of the early colony. Much of its tortuous canyon-brink road grade for twenty or thirty kilometres from "Mile 0" remained in use until the 1970s. The route via the lakes to Lillooet and up Blin Wright's wagon road to the Cariboo goldfields
Cariboo Gold Rush

The Cariboo Gold Rush was a gold rush in the Provinces and territories of Canada British Columbia. Although the first gold discovery was made in 1859 at Horsefly Creek by Peter Dunlevy, followed by more strikes at Keithley Creek and Antler Horns lake in 1860, the actual rush did not begin until 1861, when these discoveries were widely public...
 was outflanked within a few years by the now-better known Cariboo Wagon Road via a shorter and less portage-intensive route from Yale
Yale, British Columbia

Yale is an unincorporated though historically very important small town in the Canada province of British Columbia. It was founded in 1848 by the Hudson's Bay Company as Fort Yale by Ovid Allard, the appointed manager of the new post, who named it after his superior, James Murray Yale, then factor of the Columbia District....
 to Barkerville
Barkerville, British Columbia

Barkerville was the main town of the Cariboo Gold Rush in British Columbia, Canada and is preserved as an historic town. It is located on the Quesnel Highland near the Cariboo Mountains east of Quesnel, British Columbia....
 via Ashcroft
Ashcroft, British Columbia

Ashcroft is a village in the Thompson Country of the British Columbia Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is located at latitude 50?43'00" and longitude 121?17'00"....
 a few years later. Lillooeters still, however, consider their town to be "Mile 0" of the original Cariboo Wagon Road, and it is true that the numbered roadhouse names of the Cariboo
Cariboo

The Cariboo is an intermontane region of British Columbia along a plateau stretching from the Fraser Canyon to the Cariboo Mountains. The name is a reference to the woodland caribou that were once abundant in the region....
 district are measured from the bend in Main Street, where a cairn was erected in 1858 to commemorate this fact. The first stretch of Main Street north from the cairn is said to point due north and at one time was called "the Golden Mile" partly because of all the gold dust reputed to be scattered along it in its heyday, and also because it was the hub of supply for the surrounding goldfields.

Lillooet was originally named Cayoosh Flat, a name that was felt to be unsavoury by the residents of the town at the time of its incorporation in 1860. Since it was at the end of the Lillooet Trail, aka the Douglas Road
Douglas Road

The Douglas Road, aka the Lillooet Trail, Harrison Trail or Lakes Route, was a goldrush-era transportation route from the British Columbia Coast to the Interior Plateau ....
 or Lakes Route, and the Lil'wat native people farther southwest along that route spoke the same language as the native bands near town, the governor was petitioned to change the name to Lillooet, with permission for use of the name granted by the chiefs of the Lower St'at'imc
St'at'imc

The St'?t'imc are an Interior Salish people located in the southern Coast Mountains and Fraser Canyon region of the British Columbia Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia....
 at Mount Currie
Mount Currie

Mount Currie may refer to:*Mount Currie, British Columbia, a rural community near Pemberton, British Columbia*Mount Currie Indian Reserve, a First Nations reserve at Mount Currie, British Columbia...
 (Lil'wat) and agreed to by the bands of what is now the Upper St'at'imc
St'at'imc

The St'?t'imc are an Interior Salish people located in the southern Coast Mountains and Fraser Canyon region of the British Columbia Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia....
.

Other mining history

There have been a series of gold rushes in the surrounding region since the original one, including a large hard-rock one in the upper Bridge River
Bridge River

The Bridge River is, or was, a major tributary of British Columbia Fraser River, entering that stream about six miles upstream from the town of Lillooet, British Columbia....
 basin which had its peak from the 1930s to the 1950s, focussed on two main mining towns at Bralorne and adjacent Pioneer Mine and that area's main base town of Gold Bridge. Gold mining and prospecting continues in the area to this day, as do prospects for copper, silver and nephrite jade, though not to the same extent. Until the discovery of even larger deposits of jade near Cassiar
Cassiar, British Columbia

Cassiar is a ghost town in British Columbia, Canada. It was a small company-owned asbestos mining town located in the Cassiar Mountains of Northern British Columbia....
, the Lillooet area was the world's largest source of the nephrite form of jade. Unknown tonnes were exported to China before government assayers discovered the nature of the "black rocks" that the Chinese miners found so interesting.

In the 1950s, local farmer and teacher Ron Purvis adapted the skil-saw concept by implementing a diamond rotary blade. This enabled the carving of the many immense jade boulders which line the banks and bed of the Fraser
Fraser River

The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia, Canada, rising near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 km , into the Pacific Ocean at the city of Vancouver, British Columbia....
 and Bridge River
Bridge River

The Bridge River is, or was, a major tributary of British Columbia Fraser River, entering that stream about six miles upstream from the town of Lillooet, British Columbia....
s, which were on the one hand immovable and on the other would shatter or striate if blasting was used to break them. Purvis' innovation was revolutionary in the jade mining business and larger versions of his saw are at use in the Cassiar
Cassiar, British Columbia

Cassiar is a ghost town in British Columbia, Canada. It was a small company-owned asbestos mining town located in the Cassiar Mountains of Northern British Columbia....
 region. There are no major commercial jade mines in the Lillooet area today, although local shops still carry polished jade souvenirs.

Japanese Relocation Centres during World War II

There are a number of Japanese-Canadian families in Lillooet today who are descendants of those who remained in the area after their forced relocation
Japanese Canadian internment

The Japanese Canadian internment was the internment of more than 22,000 Japanese Canadians during the Second World War by the Government of Canada....
 to Lillooet and other nearby camps at Shalalth, Minto City and McGillivray Falls during World War II.

Education

Lillooet has only one high school, Lillooet Secondary, which also serves students from rural localities outside the town such as Shalalth, Seton Portage, Gold Bridge and Bralorne. Cayoosh Elementary School is located in the Cayoosh Heights subdivision. The Upper St'at'imc Culture, Language and Education Society (USCLES) operates education programs and a band-run school, but most St'at'imc children attend the public school system . The Seventh Day Adventist Church also operates Fountainview Academy
Fountainview Academy

Fountainview Academy is a small, private boarding academy with approximately 80 students enrolled in grades 9-12. It hosts students mainly from the United States of America and Canada, as well as countries like Japan, Korea, United Kingdom, Romania, and Mexico....
, an international private school and organic farming experience about 20 km south of Lillooet on British Columbia Highway 12
British Columbia provincial highway 12

Highway 12, opened in 1953, is a connection from the Trans-Canada Highway to the town of Lillooet, British Columbia. The highway originally went all the way to a junction with British Columbia Highway 97 at Lower Hat Creek, but when the Duffy Lake Road was paved in 1992, the section of Highway 12 from Lillooet to Highway 97 was renumbered Br...
.

Order of Canada winners


One of the relocated Japanese, Dr. Masajiro Miyazaki
Masajiro Miyazaki

Masajiro Miyazaki, Order of Canada was a Japanese-Canadian osteopath who practiced in Vancouver prior to World War II. During the war, he was appointed as a coroner by British Columbia Provincial Police....
, an osteopath who was enlisted by local police during the war to serve as a replacement for the town's deceased coroner
Coroner

A coroner or forensics examiner is an official responsible for investigating deaths, particularly some of those happening under unusual circumstances, and determining the cause of death....
 and who became the region's de facto general practitioner and "bush doctor
Bush Doctor

Bush Doctor is an album by Peter Tosh. It was released in 1978.A British record retailer banned the album upon its release because of a stratch-n-sniff sticker on its cover, that apparently smelled of ganja ....
", is one of the town's two Companion of the Order of Canada
Order of Canada

The Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian order and is the centrepiece of the Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada. Membership in the order is accorded to those who exemplify the order's Latin motto, taken from Epistle to the Hebrews 11:16, desiderantes meliorem patriam, meaning "They desire a better country."...
. Dr. Miyazaki's Lillooet residence, the Miyazaki House
Miyazaki House

The Miyazaki House in Lillooet, British Columbia, British Columbia is an elegant house built by Caspar Phair in the 1880s. It was partially modelled after Mrs....
, is still open for tours of the doctor's office (which has been preserved as he left it).

Lillooet's other Order of Canada winner was Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray, a Kansas-born farmgirl who moved to Vancouver
Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
 before World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 and wound up marrying her employer, publisher George Murray, of Canadian establishment stock. They moved to Lillooet in 1931 when George campaigned for the town's seat in the provincial legislature, and launched the once-famous Bridge River-Lillooet News (now the Lillooet News). The paper was known for Ma's saucy wit, daring opinions and spicy language and Ma became closely identified with the town. She was, perhaps, the source of the town's greatest renown.

Notable Lillooeters

(Including non-residents who are somehow connected with Lillooet's history, or who lived in town for a while at least)
  • A.C. Elliott
    Andrew Charles Elliott

    Andrew Charles Elliott was a British Columbian politician and jurist. Elliott's varied career in British Columbia included Gold Commissioner, magistrate and, following the union of the Island and Mainland Colonies in 1866 was appoint High Sheriff of the province, resigning his magristracy to take the post....
    , Magistrate in Lillooet and 4th Premier of British Columbia
    Premier of British Columbia

    The Premier of British Columbia is the first minister, head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canada Provinces of Canada of British Columbia....
  • Alexander E.B. Davie
    Alexander Edmund Batson Davie

    Alexander Edmund Batson Davie, who is usually referred to as A. E. B. Davie, was a British Columbia politician and lawyer, and was premier of British Columbia from 1887 until his death....
    , member of the Legislative Assembly
    Legislative Assembly

    Legislative Assembly is the name given in some countries to either a legislature, or to one of its chambers of parliament. The name is used by a number of member-states of the Commonwealth of Nations, as well as in a number of Latin American countries....
     for Lillooet
    Lillooet (electoral district)

    The Lillooet electoral district was a riding in the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the town of the same name and with various boundaries....
     and 8th Premier of British Columbia
    Premier of British Columbia

    The Premier of British Columbia is the first minister, head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canada Provinces of Canada of British Columbia....
  • Caspar Phair
    Caspar Phair

    Caspar Phair was one of Lillooet, British Columbia's first settlers. He came emigrated from Ireland with his wife, Cerise. Caspar Phair was Lillooet's first Gold Commissioner, a position which encompassed the powers and duties of Government Agent , coroner, magistrate, Indian Agent , teacher, and merchant....
    , Lillooet pioneer, Gold Commissioner
    Gold Commissioner

    Gold Commissioner was an important regional administrative post in the Colony of British Columbia.In the 1860s, James Douglas had three priorities to protect the two colonies he governed: to protect the boundaries, to uphold law and order and to provide access to the gold fields....
     and first Government Agent
    Government Agent

    A function called Government Agent exist or existed in the past in several countries, such as* Sri Lanka - see Government Agent * Canada - see Government Agent ...
  • A.W.A. "Artie" Phair, Caspar's son; local photographer, archivist and successor to his father in the capacity of Government Agent
    Government Agent

    A function called Government Agent exist or existed in the past in several countries, such as* Sri Lanka - see Government Agent * Canada - see Government Agent ...
  • Chief Hunter Jack
    Chief Hunter Jack

    Chief Hunter Jack was a 19th C. chief of the Lakes Lillooet . His name in St'at'imcets, the Lillooet language, is cited in one source as Tash Poli....
    , Chief of the Lakes Lillooet (-1910), famed hunting guide and "Hyas Tyee" of the Bridge River Country
  • Billy (W.G.) Manson, famed hunting guide (Hunter Jack's apprentice) and father of Tom and Donald Manson, also well-known hunting guides, and son of Donald Manson, well-known in the early history of the Hudson's Bay Company
    Hudson's Bay Company

    The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. The company was incorporated by British royal charter in 1670 as The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay; it is now domiciled in Canada and has adopted the mo...
     in BC.
  • Ernest Carson, MLA for Lillooet
    Lillooet (electoral district)

    The Lillooet electoral district was a riding in the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the town of the same name and with various boundaries....
     (and Lillooet West) and provincial Minister of Works
  • Captain John Martley - pioneer at Pavilion, ex-British Army officer
  • James Scotchman - Grand Chief Jimmy Scotchman of the St'at'imc
  • Arthur Noel - with his wife Delina, co-discoverer of the Bralorne Mine
    Bralorne, British Columbia

    Bralorne is an historic underground gold mining community in the Bridge River Country, some sixty dirt road miles west of the town of Lillooet, British Columbia....
  • George Murray MLA
    George Matheson Murray

    George Matheson Murray, known publicly as George Murray, was a publisher and politician in British Columbia in the first half of the 20th century....
     and publisher of the Bridge River-Lillooet News
  • "Ma" Murray - George Murray's wife and editor of the News; Order of Canada
    Order of Canada

    The Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian order and is the centrepiece of the Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada. Membership in the order is accorded to those who exemplify the order's Latin motto, taken from Epistle to the Hebrews 11:16, desiderantes meliorem patriam, meaning "They desire a better country."...
     recipient
  • Dr. Masajiro Miyazaki
    Masajiro Miyazaki

    Masajiro Miyazaki, Order of Canada was a Japanese-Canadian osteopath who practiced in Vancouver prior to World War II. During the war, he was appointed as a coroner by British Columbia Provincial Police....
    , osteopath, coroner and general practitioner; *Order of Canada
    Order of Canada

    The Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian order and is the centrepiece of the Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada. Membership in the order is accorded to those who exemplify the order's Latin motto, taken from Epistle to the Hebrews 11:16, desiderantes meliorem patriam, meaning "They desire a better country."...
     recipient
  • Vernon Pick - uranium prospector and zillionaire, builder of Walden North bunker-estate on Cayoosh Creek
  • Ross Rebagliati
    Ross Rebagliati

    Ross Rebagliati is a Canada professional snowboarding. He turned pro in 1991. He was the first ever to win an Olympic Games gold medal for this sport at the 1998 Winter Olympics....
     - 1998 Olympic gold medalist in snowboarding
    Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics

    The 1998 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding competition results were as follows....
    , a resident of Whistler
    Whistler, British Columbia

    Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver....
    . Ross never lived in Lillooet but he is of the pioneer Rebagliati family still present in town.
  • Carl Chaplin - Carl was the community's official "artist-in-residence" during the 1980s and resided in Miyazaki House
    Miyazaki House

    The Miyazaki House in Lillooet, British Columbia, British Columbia is an elegant house built by Caspar Phair in the 1880s. It was partially modelled after Mrs....


External links

  • Caption says "Hunters in front of Phair's Store" but this is clearly the horseraces during the Big Hiyu.
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