Dependant on the cattle ranches in the area, the community also benefits from the flow of traffic through the town. During the late 1860s Clinton became an important judicial centre, where some of the most respected judges presided over some very important trials. Today the brick built courthouse is home to the Clinton Museum. One of B.C.'s most interesting and well-kept cemeteries is located just north of the town, where many of the earliest pioneers of the interior are buried. Today the Village of Clinton, 40km north of Cache Creek has a resident population of 729. Located at the junction of the Yale road and the road from Lillooet, it is 47 miles from Lillooet. It is noted for its several cattle ranches in the surrounding area that became guest ranches, and where duck hunting is very popular each fall. The famous Clinton Ball has been revived. (Encyclopedia of B.C., p.134)
Clinton Hotel in 1865 (credit: BC Archives #HP09565)
The community began to develop just as the Cariboo Road was being built (1862)
Clinton in the 1950s (credit: BC Archives #B-08986)
Pioneers of Clinton
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images. Thanks to the BC Encyclopedia for permission to quote information
on the roadhouse communities. Thanks to the Living Landscapes Project,
the Royal British Columbia Museum, Ministry of Community, Aboriginal
and Women's Services for their support of site development.
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