Cariboo Camels

The saga of the Cariboo camels is one of the most interesting pages in the history of British Columbia. The Bactrian camels were used on the Douglas Road and the Old Cariboo Road in 1862 and 1863 to haul freight during the Cariboo Gold Rush. Although the experiment was a failure, the Cariboo camels became the stuff of legend and when other gold rush history was forgotten, the stories of the camels lived on and they are still remembered in every corner of the Cariboo and all throughout British Columbia.