Thank you for these 😊

You would think one of those big money hold ups would last him this rest of his life. What did they do with all that money ? Great video !

Hard to see your pan colors if its cloudy 😊 sun definitely helps

I grew up in Trail. I have heard stories of the ore body, and that there is lots of ore still there, but technology to work in that super heated water does not yet exist.

Fascinating!

Very Good ! The history is amazing , the men were somehow tougher , and today no one would attempt what they did as "normal" operations-TY for the glimpse back in time.

I have been lucky to find some of the goldminer,s hiding,s that bill said had not been found bythe1990s and there is still so much out there that has not been found yet so don't think it,s all gone,not by a longshot.

Great video.

I've crawled all over this area on mountain bike and on foot, since about 1980. I started on bike in 1987. first guy mad enough ! it is always a magical place for me.

Love all the episodes

TY for these priceless history tales. I get that a lot of mineral wealth is still out there, but it involves a lot of hiking...

Yep-TY to whoever posted these, I know some gold towns, but these guys go deep !

18:25 This old hotel to the right still looks the same.

Wow this is expert level analysis of the area and its mining history.

My favourite place.❤

It's not the Pacific Northwest it's Pacific SOUTHWEST,depends which side of the border you're in.

Ducks is on the todays #1hwy.near todays Pritchard ,Duck Range mntns duck meadows south of Monte Lake.

I just discovered this series. I love it. This is on par if not better than contemporary historical documentaries.❤ I'd love to sit down with these two good old boys!

You know what's really sad is, in 2024 I don't know which is worse Canada or the United States.

Im pretty sure i watched every episode back in late 70s I actually have a couple books written by NL Barlee.

History channel is re-telling this story with Curse of Oak Island type story telling. I got more info here than that current show.

Iam still captivated each time when I watch these shows, as a young teenager in the 70’s my dad and I would watch every episode every Saturday! Now that I’ve taken up gold panning as a hobby, and reading books on the history of mining in BC I can only imagine how hard life was back in the gold rush hay day! Thank you for these priceless time capsules of BC history! Bill was a true story teller and is truly missed !

I vaguely recall travelling up the canyon as a 6 or 7 year old and being terrified of the cantilevered roadway perched over the roaring Fraser. This would have been during the mid 50’s or so. If Bill or Mike travelled it in 1956, then it must have been true. I always thought of it as part of a nightmare!

Good story! Miss that show . Mr.ballen just did an episode on this. Now Im scouring google earth . Found some interesting stuff. White creek, bedrock at the top,boxed in canyons and all. Fun stuff. Mike said it would be like this.

I met Mr. Barley at the celebrations in Hedley B.C. years ago.

I grew up in Penticton, and used to play on the SS Sicamous. It was just docked there for years and years, before the city fixed it up and turned it into a museum. I thinks it a restaurant now. Memories.

Bill should admonish the camerman behind him for filming his huge bald-spot

I remember watching this program on CBC back in the 80's while growing up in Golden BC . Living in Fernie BC now for nearly 30 years, I find so much value and cultural significands from programs like this .More - so as I grow older and continue to explore fascinating local history and appreciate the toll and turbulence of that era, craftsmanship and quality . I wish there was more of this content available on the internet these days.

B C Canada the great gold rush what a time to live in

I live here in BC right on the gold rush trail 60 feet from my front door so I enjoy these videos

You go to old digs and you can find gold were the white guys worked but were the Chinese worked it is cleaned out they did a good job they missed nothing they were very good miners I live in this area

Bill sure did know his stuff I have panned in some of the sites he talked about I did not hit it big but I did find some nice small nuggets and flakes Bill will be missed if you would like to try panning watch these videos Bill gave good info about were to look

I watch this history and wonder what the future history will play out as purple haired paracetamol and pro non pirates

Volcanic Brown sure got around in BC

Sounds like the great Canadian rail road war great story

What is that piano jingle called that they used for the intro music on this show?

Lytton totally destroyed by Wildfire on June 30, 2021. Lytton was destroyd by fires frequently.. 1931, 1937, 1949, ,,

Love these episodes.

Oilberta

It's sad that the millions of Americans who flooded in during the BC-Alberta gold rush sat by and let the British claim the territory for Canada! Fucking traitors! Now my Canadian coworkers, who are their descendants of these treasonous Americans, in N. Dakota say they wish their provinces were part of the US!

I remembering watching these when I was a kid. Great memories!

my great grandparents and grand parents along with a handful of aunts and uncles moved to kaslo in the mid 40's from the coast. i was born in 1949 in vancouver and i don't have a memory of it but in 1951 my mom brought me to kaslo for the family to meet me and we made the last leg of the trip on the moyie.

Must have been rough building in the winter months.

I have Pierre Burton's book! Fascinating!!

You can still find gold in Dawson city today.

A book named, KLONDIKE, written by Pierre Burton, Canadian author, confirms this story. Excellent book!! Yes, Jim Skookum, the Indigenous man, found the motherlode. Its all true.

There's a place Australia they discovered 7 times the amount of the Klondike.

Today's gold price is just over $2300 oz. American. Some say gold will be $5000. Oz. In 5 years. American dollars.

The highway past my farm in Alberta, highway 633 was the Great Northern railway till 1936. Its not unusual for families to continue with the profession the family knows, including women taking up their father or husband's profession.

Great storey . What untold history in BC! Great area! So long for now and remember- every day is a treasure!!