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<p class="MsoNormal">The Quesnel Museum is hosting the BC Historical Federation Conference from May 21 – 23<sup>rd</sup>. The theme ”Journey to the Cariboo” is an appropriate way to celebrate the 150<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the completion of the Cariboo
Wagon Road. (The final leg of the road from Quesnel to Barkerville was completed in 1865).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Highlights include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt"><u>Welcoming Reception -</u> An opportunity to meet your fellow conference attendees, explore the Quesnel Museum and enjoy locally sourced appetizers paired with beer from Barkerville Brewery.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt"><u>A full day bus trip to Barkerville -
</u> with stops at the Cottonwood Road House and the 1930s gold mining town of Wells. Our guide will keep you entertained with tales of the road houses and abandoned claims (and even some that are being revived through the use of modern technology) en route.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt"><u>Saturday</u> will be eventful with the AGM, Lunch-Time Speaker Richard Wright,
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providing a </span>sneak peak at his latest documentary project - the back stories of some of the individuals who came to Barkerville, and an afternoon with short presentations, guided tours and an Author’s Fair.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:14.2pt"><u>Short Programs (Saturday)</u><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-CA">Road to the Goldfields – </span>
<span lang="EN" style="color:black">Ronald Greene will examine the journey to the Cariboo in 1865, as documented in the photographs of Charles Gentile who accompanied Frederick Seymour, the Governor of British Columbia, on a trip to the Cariboo.</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-CA"> Cariboo Portraits – </span><span lang="EN" style="color:black">Lorna Townsend & Susan Susan Smith-Josephy will discuss the photographs of C.D. Hoy and C.S. Wing and reveal the stories of a few of their subjects</span><span lang="EN-CA">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-CA">Pioneers of the Cariboo—Storytellers Tom Moffat, Lily Hoy-Price , Doreen Patrick, all of whom have deep roots in the Cariboo ,share their memories of the region’s colourful and exciting past.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-CA">Cariboo Caravan</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">—Elizabeth Hunter will explore digitization projects by featuring the Cariboo Caravan, a 1930 promotional campaign to construct a highway to Alaska
.</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-CA">Pioneer Cemetery Guided Tour—Brandee Schutz will introduce you to the final resting place of some of the Cariboo’s finest and most intriguing residents.
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<p class="MsoNormal">All capped off with the<u> Awards Banquet </u> and an after dinner theater production of
<span style="color:black;background:white">“The Bride of Barkerville” by Danette Boucher.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">For more information see the BC Historical Federation web site:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://bchistory.ca/conferences/2015/index.html">http://bchistory.ca/conferences/2015/index.html</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elizabeth Hunter<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Museum & Heritage Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Quesnel & District Museum And Archives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">705 Carson Ave.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Quesnel BC V2J 2B6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">250-992-9580<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">www.quesnelmuseum.ca<o:p></o:p></p>
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