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  • Barkerville After the Footsteps Fade: Ghost Stories in a Gold Rush Town

    Barkerville’s cemetery in a black-and-white photograph made in spring 2006. The graves are part of the historic town’s real landscape, not evidence of its ghost stories.Steve Sarjola · Public domain
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    Photographed: 2006 spring

    Original title: Barkerville BC Cemetery; Black & White.jpg

    A theatre, a saloon keeper and a Halloween dog with a film credit: Barkerville’s ghost stories are woven through a town with a lively history of performance.

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  • A Night at the St. George: Barkerville's Hotel and Its Haunted Reputation

    The Saint George Hotel in Barkerville, photographed by Anton Bielousov and published in his 2021 account. The original image retains the photographer’s watermark.Anton Bielousov · Author permission for personal or non-profit web resources, with attribution and link · Noncommercial only
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    Original title: St. George Hotel, Barkerville, BC

    The St. George combines an intimate historic-town stay with a haunted reputation. The businesswoman associated with its name is a remarkable story in her own right.

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  • Stanley: The Ghost Town on the Road to Barkerville

    The Lightning Hotel in Stanley during restoration in September 2010. This is a historical view, not a record of current access or condition.Mark LaFleur · CC BY 3.0
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    Photographed: 2010-09

    Original title: Lightning Hotel 2010 Sept.jpg

    Discover Stanley on the Barkerville road through its surviving hotel, Chinese businesses and the working community behind the ghost-town name.

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  • Quesnelle Forks: Empty Cabins Where Two Rivers Meet

    Quesnel Forks in a modern photograph from August 2021, using the photographer’s monochrome and distressed treatment. This is not an archival image.Crusty Da Klown · CC0
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    Photographed: 2021-08-18

    Original title: Quesnel Forks, Likely, B.C. - Flickr - Crusty Da Klown.jpg

    Explore Quesnelle Forks through its riverside buildings, Chinese Canadian history and the community work that keeps this Cariboo townsite legible.

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  • Huble After Dark: What Happens When the Homestead Lights Go Down

    Seebach and Huble General Merchandise at Huble Homestead. This daylight photograph was uploaded in 2025; its warm colour and aged texture are part of the photographer’s original image. It does not depict a Halloween event.Crusty Da Klown (₡ґǘșϯγ Ɗᴀ Ⱪᶅŏⱳդ) · CC0 1.0
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    Original title: Huble Homestead, British Columbia

    Discover Huble After Dark’s mix of history and spooky storytelling, and how it differs from the homestead’s larger Halloween Spooktacular.

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