The Cariboo is a 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 live in the region. As a landform, the Cariboo Plateau is part of the
Interior Plateau, also known as the Fraser Plateau. The southern limit of the plateau proper is the
Bonaparte River although some definitions include the
Bonaparte Plateau between that river and the
Thompson. As a region and historical identity, the Cariboo is sometimes considered to extend to the
Thompson River to the south of that, and to border on the city of
Kamloops at its southeastern corner and even as far as
Lytton, at the confluence of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers. The town of
Lillooet is generally considered to be in the Cariboo, while the Bridge River Country to its west was sometimes referred to as the West Cariboo, as were also the ranches along the west side of the Fraser northwards towards the Gang Ranch. Broader meanings of "the Cariboo" sometimes include the
Chilcotin, west of the Fraser. The geographic region known as the
Quesnel Highland, which forms a mountainous series of foothills between the plateau proper and the
Cariboo Mountains, is likewise considered to be part of the Cariboo in a cultural-historical sense - not the least because it is the location of the famous
Cariboo goldfields and the one-time economic capital of the Interior of British Columbia,
Barkerville.
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