[BCMA] Fwd: Barkerville School and Reserve Collections Storage campaign well underway thanks to generous support of West Fraser Mills Ltd.

Tue Aug 28 13:43:38 PDT 2012

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Subject: 	Barkerville School and Reserve Collections Storage campaign 
well underway thanks to generous support of West Fraser Mills Ltd.
Date: 	Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:35:58 -0700

*_For Immediate Release_*

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*Barkerville School and Reserve Collections Storage campaign well 
underway thanks to generous support of West Fraser Mills Ltd.*

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*August 28, 2012 (Barkerville, BC)*-- West Fraser Mills Ltd., along with 
several central interior lumber and material suppliers and other valued 
donors, have provided much needed resources and funds to re-build the 
original Barkerville School and restore the Lowhee and Butterfield Barns 
to proper, climate-controlled storage facilities for many of 
Barkerville's most sensitive historic artifact collections.

The restoration project began in the fall and winter of 2011/12, with 
construction of the shell of the Barkerville School undertaken by 
students in the Wood Carpentry class at the Quesnel Campus of the 
College of New Caledonia. It has now been re-located to the main street 
of Barkerville Historic Town, and is in the process of being assembled.

Over the course of the 2013 season the Butterfield and Lowhee Barns on 
Barkerville's back street will be retrofitted and restored while the 
front street shell of the Barkerville School serves as storage for 
artefacts currently housed by the affected buildings. The interior of 
the Barkerville School is slated to be finished by May 2014, and the 
resulting structure will act as both an interpretive centre for 
early-20^th century public school lessons, and more modern meeting 
facilities for conferences, retreats, and a variety of off-season group 
bookings.

"West Fraser is pleased to be a contributor to the historic community of 
Barkerville," said Dave Lehane, VP Canadian Woodlands, West Fraser Mills 
Ltd."We feel the new schoolhouse, and the soon to be renovated artifact 
storage facilities, will enhance the learning experience of all who 
visit the site.

"Barkerville, being one of the earliest resource-dependent communities 
in British Columbia, once shared many of the challenges that face the 
communities in which West Fraser operates today.  We are proud to 
support a site which many of our employees, their children, and other 
members of the community enjoy every year."

West Fraser Mills has been a long-time community supporter of 
Barkerville Historic Town, and this is the resource company's second 
gift to the National Historic Site. In addition to West Fraser's 
generous donation, the Barkerville School and Reserve Collections 
Storage campaign has benefited from the direct support of All-West 
Glass, C&C Wood Products Ltd., Canadian Forestry Products Ltd., the 
Cariboo Regional District, Carrier Lumber Ltd., Dunkley Lumber Ltd., 
Jerry & Laura Entzminger, John & Hazel Massier, Peter Skene Secondary 
Dry Grad 2012, the Quesnel Woodlot Association, the Regional District of 
Fraser Fort George, Williams Creek Gold Limited, and United Concrete & 
Gravel Ltd.

For more information on the Barkerville School and Reserve Collections 
Storage project, or to get involved, please contact Mindy Stroet, 
Resource Development Coordinator for the Barkerville Heritage Trust, at 
250-877-0229, or email mindy.stroet at barkerville.ca 
<mailto:mindy.stroet at barkerville.ca>.

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*ABOUT BARKERVILLE HISTORIC TOWN*

Barkerville Historic Town is the largest historic site in Western North 
America (www.barkerville.ca).  Barkerville is provincially, nationally 
and internationally recognized for its historic significance associated 
with its place in western Canada's gold rush era and the role the gold 
rush played in BC joining Canada. Barkerville is widely known as a "must 
see" for travel itineraries in western Canada.  The historic town is 
also a significant contributor to the Cariboo regional economy and is 
widely regarded as a unique component of the regional identity.

The Barkerville Heritage Trust, as Barkerville's operating and managing 
partner, works in conjunction with the Province of British Columbia, the 
owner and statutory guardian of Barkerville's heritage resources, to 
ensure that Barkerville is efficiently managed, entertaining and 
educational to visitors, and financially stable as the premier heritage 
resource and tourism attraction for the Cariboo. The ultimate aim is to 
maintain and enhance Barkerville's position as a nationally significant 
heritage resource and tourism attraction for British Columbia and Canada.

Barkerville is situated 80 km east of Quesnel, British Columbia in the 
foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, close to Troll Mountain Ski Resort 
and Bowron Lake Provincial Park. The nearby community of Wells (8 km 
from Barkerville) is the service and housing centre for the area 
(www.wellsbc.com) and is itself a dynamic cultural community, home of 
Island Mountain Arts, the acclaimed Toni Onley Artists' Project, the 
International Celtic Harp School (www.imarts.com), the dynamic indie 
music festival ArtsWells (www.artswells.com), and the Sunset Theatre 
(www.sunset-theatre.com). Wells is also situated close to a wide variety 
of winter and summer outdoor activities.

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*MEDIA INQUIRIES*

James Douglas | Manager, Visitor Experiences

B  A  R  K  E  R  V  I  L  L  E     H  I  S  T  O  R   I  C     T  O  W  N

Box 19 | Barkerville, BC | V0K 1B0

250-994-3302 ext. 41 | 888-994-3332 toll free | 250-994-3435 fax

james.douglas at barkerville.ca

www.barkerville.ca <http://www.barkerville.ca/>

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