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Exploring Abandoned Mines Museum

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In early July of the summer of ’23, my son and I set forth on a nine-day camping adventure through British Columbia. In addition to the tent camping (our family typically camps in a travel trailer) and obligatory father-son bonding, our road trip had three goals: panning for gold, discovering fossils, and exploring abandoned mines. … Read more

Barkerville Historic Town & Park – review

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The ubiquitous pioneer village has been a staple of elementary school field trips ever since they stopped being, well, villages.  As history marched forward we collectively decided the late nineteenth century was the quaintest of times and worthy of both preservation and perpetual reminiscing.  Children, we seem to think, are incapable of appreciating the modern … Read more