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Quesnel, BC (Nearby: Wingdam, Pinegrove, Beaver Pass House, Coldspring House, Cottonwood)

225 St Laurent Ave
Quesnel, British Columbia
V2J 2C0

British Columbia Tourism Region : Cariboo Chilcotin Coast

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Wingdam - The Wingdam mine was in operation here from about 1898 to 1938.
The early miners used wingdams (log cribbing filled with rock) to divert streams so that they could work the riverbeds below the dams.
With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.

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Nearby:	Blessing's Grave, 2km Pinegrove, 2km Beaver Pass House, 8km Coldspring House, 9km Cottonwood House Historic Park, 13km Cottonwood, 13km Stanley, 17km Anderson, 34km Ahbau, 35km Gravelle Ferry, 29km Cariboo, 40km Bellos, 27km Cotwood, 27km Dragon Mountain Park, 32km Greening, 31km Barlow, 29km Beaver Valley Park, 49km	Barkerville Historic Town / Mount Brew / Cunningham Creek, 30km Barkerville / Bowron Lake / Isaac Lake / Kibbee Lake / Lanezi Lake / Stouts Gulch, 30km Cariboo Land District, 50km Wendle Park, 32km Ahbau, 34km Barlow Creek, 31km Ten Mile Lake, 31km Dragon Lake 3, 32km Ten Mile Lake Park, 32km Lust Subdivision, 33km Quesnel Forks, 47km Dragon, 37km Rich Bar, 36km Kersley, 40km Red Bluff, 35km Quesnel 1, 35km Hydraulic, 51km	Cinema Bog Ecological Reserve, 38km Cinema, 38km Westply, 36km Rich Bar 4, 37km Moose Heights, 36km Baker, 36km Cottonwood River Park, 37km Dunkley, 42km Sinnce-tah-lah 2, 38km Quesnel View, 38km Strathnaver, 44km Australian, 48km Pinnacles Park, 41km Colebank, 46km Likely / Le Bourdais Lake / Murderer Creek, 56km Keithley Creek, 48km
Nearby Lakes and Mountains:	Pinegrove Mountain, 3km Wingdam Lake, 3km Hyde Lake, 3km Angus Lake, 6km Yeates Lake, 6km Four Mile Lake, 8km Porcupine Lake, 7km Sovereign Mountain, 8km Coldspring Lake, 8km Sovereign Lakes, 14km Dragon Mountain, 13km Robertson Lake, 18km Benson Lake, 18km Bendixon Lake, 19km Mount Campbell, 13km Mount Anderson, 13km Eaglenest Mountain, 13km	Sundberg Lake, 25km Crescent Lake, 25km Gordie Lakes, 26km Yuzkli Lake, 21km Mount Nelson, 17km Grub Mountain, 17km McDonald Lake, 27km Cameron Lake, 27km Ahbau Lake, 26km Ross Lake, 29km Mount Tom, 21km Nyland Lake, 31km Mount Van Winkle, 19km Katherine Lake, 28km Kenny Lake, 19km Chiaz Lake, 32km Sixteen Mile Lake, 20km	Fifteen Mile Lake, 20km Mount Burns, 20km Davey Lake, 20km Black Lake, 22km Milk Ranch Mountain, 22km Passe Lake, 36km Maud Lake, 36km Mount Amador, 22km Hay Lake, 35km Davids Lake, 33km Dillabough Lake, 35km Mount Wiley, 25km Hardscrabble Mountain, 25km Island Mountain, 24km Tucker Lake, 23km Lodi Lake, 37km

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