Winning Xats'ull Heritage Village
community of Xats'ull, a reconstructed heritage village on the
banks of the Fraser River offering camping and cultural activities.
Soda Creek is a rural community with a wealth of First Nations and
gold rush history making it a truly unique place to visit.
construction to keep up with the growing demands for
transportation of thousands of miners and supplies to the gold
fi elds in Barkerville. Incomplete in 1863, the road came to a stop
in Soda Creek, which became an ideal sternwheeler steamer
terminus. It was the only way to complete the journey north
to Quesnel on the Fraser River, so miners could then make
their way east to Barkerville. It soon became a bustling
boomtown with saloons, blacksmith shops, hotels and
stores. In 1869, upon completion of the Cariboo Wagon
Road from Lillooet to Quesnel, Soda Creek was all but
deserted until its second boom which began in 1909.
and openly celebrated. The Xats'ull First Nations
people invite visitors to experience their spiritual
and cultural traditions.
Recreational Paradise
en route to the Alaska Highway, is a popular outdoor recreation
destination with fantastic vacationing opportunities. Located on
Cariboo Highway 97, 44 kms north of Williams Lake, it is ideal
for water-sport activities such as canoeing, fi shing, kayaking,
water-skiing, swimming and boating. Excellent fi shing for rainbow
trout and kokanee salmon await and if you visit during the month
of September, you can delight in viewing thousands of spawning
kokanee in Sheridan Creek. The community also hosts the very
popular McLeese Lake Annual Fishing Derby during the long
weekend in May.