Gold Rush!: El Dorado in British Columbia

Some say that Western Canada began with the railway. In fact, it began with a gold rush. Relive the tumultuous days of gold?s discovery in British Columbia?s Fraser Canyon. Travel back to 1858 and meet some of the tens of thousands of fortune-seeking prospectors who dreamed of astonishing finds ? like the huge Turnagain Nugget. Find out how the gold rush attracted thousands of miners and entrepreneurs of various social and ethnic origins and forever transformed this once-remote region of the Pacific North West. Through photographs, artwork and artifacts ? including miner?s tools, a real stagecoach and an exquisite gold box carved by Bill Reid ? this souvenir catalogue tells the fascinating story of gold?s timeless allure.