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Our last day at Quesnel had us take a drive to a once booming gold town called Bakerville. The drive there was not dull. First, we climbed from 2200ft. to 4500' at Bakerville. Then we saw a total of 8 bears consisting of 2 mothers with two cubs each (black bears). These were about 5 miles apart. Next came a Grizzly all alone, then one more black. In between there were three seperate sightings of deer. Stay with me, I know that's 8 bear and 3 deer. The town itself was great. It is the single largest attended historic site in BC. Most of the building are restored originals and the balance are built to photographs or original sketches. Because of the altitude snow was still around, but not nearly as much as this time last year when one of the cabins was coverd in 8' of snow on May 10th. The Chineese had there own section of town that while close to the mining town was a little further up hill. This fact spared the China Town from fire in the mid 1860's. It was a full day which was really enjoyable. Oh ya, bear number 9 was spotted on the way back to Quesnel. Please see the web album for 25 more pictures.
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