100 Mile House: Begbie Summit - Cariboo Highway
Begbie Summit occupies a forested highway pass on the Cariboo Plateau of central British Columbia. Here the Cariboo Highway, signed as Highway 97, is part of the principal north–south road link through the Interior, carrying traffic between 100 Mile House and communities farther north. A broad divided road corridor passes through conifer woodland typical of this upland region, where transport routes and working forests shape the setting. Nearby 100 Mile House developed from a roadhouse on the 19th-century Cariboo Wagon Road, created to serve the gold-rush era. Begbie Summit gives this stretch of the Interior a distinctly road-oriented character, defined by open pavement, evergreen forest and the practical geography of the plateau.
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100 Mile House has served as a road stop in British Columbia’s South Cariboo since the 1860s. The community developed beside the Cariboo Wagon Road, built during the Cariboo gold rush to carry people and supplies towards the goldfields. Its name marks the 100-mile point from Lillooet, then an important supply centre. Set on the Cariboo Plateau, the town remains a practical hub for surrounding ranch country, forests and lakes. Highway 97 now follows this long north–south corridor through the province’s interior. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how 100 Mile House relates to the South Cariboo’s plateau and lake country.
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