Visit Quesnel

Welcome to the Cariboo!

For travelers, Quesnel is the Goldpan City, the gateway to the North Cariboo's exceptional visitor attractions and experiences.

For business travelers, Quesnel also offers a range of options for conferences and meetings.

The high points of North Cariboo attractions include:

• Barkerville Historic Town: Western North America's largest historic site, the focal point of Canada's first great gold rush in the 1860s.  Barkerville Historic Town is also home to Canada's largest collection of Chinese artifacts.

• Bowron Lakes Provincial Park: a chain of lakes that is one of the top wilderness canoeing routes on the planet.

• The Grease Trail, now also known as the Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail: a trail thousands of years old on which First Nation guides led Alexander Mackenzie on the final leg of the first recorded crossing of the North American continent.

• Billy Barker Days: one of BC's largest family festivals, every third weekend in July.

...and there are dozens of other things to see and do.

Follow the links to find a short backgrounder on Quesnel's history, a photo gallery on some of the Quesnel area's finer points, a link to information on planning a conference or meeting in Quesnel, and the link to the North Cariboo Tourism Marketing Cooperative website.

The North Cariboo Marketing Team  tourism website is particularly important for you, if you are investigating how to plan a trip to our area, and activities and services while you're here.

Please call the Quesnel Visitor Info Centre for more information at 1-800-992-4922, or email the Centre at visitorinfo@city.quesnel.bc.ca.  For more info on places to see and experience in the area, visit the North Cariboo tourism website.