Interesting Day

[Drache]

Well today was the official ribbon cutting ceremony for the Likely Museum and I was there along with my uncle who designed most of the museum which I had helped to build. Besides the media and other people from Likely I also got to meet and shake hands with The Right Honourable Iona Campagnolo who is the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia as well as Bob Simpson who is the elected MLA of the Cariboo! I'll post the pictures of the ceremony later if any wish to see some unknown  people from BC lol! 

[charger490]

as long as you were talking to the lt. gov. why didnt you tell him your story about your licisince?

[Drache]

as long as you were talking to the lt. gov. why didnt you tell him your story about your licisince?

She had her entire time there planned out with only a 2 minute window of oppertunity, not to mention she was there for the town not because of a problem with me. It would have been rude to start talking about my own problems with the entire community there to see her.

[Brock Samson]

what kinda' museum is that?.. 

[Drache]

what kinda' museum is that?.. 

There is an old Ghost Town called Quesnelle Forks that was THE oldest Ghost Town in BC, even older than the famous Barkerville! The museum houses pieces about the local history and was built by the people here using their own money.

[Drache]

more

[Drache]

most of the items in this museum were donated and/or found by people who live in the area!

[Brock Samson]

   looks pretty durn new to me...
here in cali we got some real ghost towns... 

    http://www.jetsettinthewest.com/bodie.html

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-200018707439083625&q=calif+ghost+towns

[Drache]

second to last set

[Drache]

Quesnelle forks is almost gone Brock, the pictures I'm posting are of the brand new museum that was built.

Wandering through the overgrown foilage near the confluence of the Quesnel and Cariboo rivers, it is hard to imagine that this was once the site of a bustling 'metropolis' of the day in 1859. Older than Barkerville and a true 'ghost town' (unlike Barkerville which was never uninhabited). The town of Quesnelle Forks was the largest settlement north of San Franscisco, if only for a brief time.

Read more about it here:
http://www.histori.ca/fairs/studentProject.do;jsessionid=97E86D1343072C9B11B576F6534DAF71.tomcat2?id=11504