The Bridge River Country is a historic geographic region and mining district in the Interior of British Columbia , Canada , lying between the Fraser Canyon and the valley of the Lillooet River , south of the Chilcotin Plateau and north of the Lillooet Ranges . "The Bridge River" can mean the Bridge River Country as opposed to the Bridge River itself, and is considered to be part of the Lillooet Country , but has a distinct history and identity within the larger region. As Lillooet is sometimes considered to be the southwest limit of the Cariboo, some efforts were made to refer to the Bridge River as the "West Cariboo" but this never caught on.
5-657: Though essentially consisting of the basin of the Bridge River and its tributaries, the Bridge River Country includes the communities of D'Arcy, McGillivray Falls, Seton Portage and Shalalth, which lie in the valley of Seton and Anderson Lakes and the Gates River just to the south, are also considered to be part of the Bridge River Country, and also simultaneously of the Lillooet Country. After
10-616: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cariboo Regional District The Cariboo Regional District spans the Cities and Districts of Quesnel , Williams Lake , 100 Mile House , and Wells in the Central Interior of British Columbia . The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) in the Central Interior of BC encompasses 80,252 square kilometers of land. The Cariboo and Coastal mountain ranges hug
15-504: The 1930s, the term "Bridge River-Lillooet" came into currency as a result of the chosen masthead of the fledgling Bridge River-Lillooet News, which served the town and environs of Lillooet as well as the mining towns of the upper Bridge River. 50°29′N 122°28′W / 50.49°N 122.46°W / 50.49; -122.46 This article about a location in the Cariboo Regional District , Canada
20-508: The CRD on its west and east side boundaries. The region straddles Highway 97 from 70 Mile House in the south to 5 km south of Hixon in the north. It belongs to the PDT/PST time zones. The Cariboo Regional District provides region-wide library services, recreational facilities, and local fire protection. As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada ,
25-652: The Cariboo Regional District had a population of 62,931 living in 27,614 of its 32,395 total private dwellings, a change of 1.5% from its 2016 population of 61,988 . With a land area of 80,373.79 km (31,032.49 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.8/km (2.0/sq mi) in 2021. Twelve electoral area directors and four municipal directors govern the affairs of the Cariboo Regional District. The electoral area directors are elected by area voters, and municipal directors are appointed by their municipal council. All directors serve for
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