Pemberton is located at the head of Lillooet Lake and was the jumping off point for the rest of the journey over the mountains. As an agricultural area it had a great advantage both for supplying the travellers who used the route but also for some of the initial supply into the Cariboo gold fields.
It was a healthy community for far longer than the brief glory of the Harrison trail as it was able to continue to supply produce to a number of minor but significant gold rushes and then profit from futher rail building as the century grew to a close.
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