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You'll see the 83 Mile House Horse Barn that was used to house and change
horses on the stage coaches that were headed to Barkerville for the gold rush.
This barn was built in the 1860s and was used up until the 1940s. Today it is
used to shelter horse drawn carriages, buggies, wagons, sleighs, and cutters,
that Ray and Vi Young have been collecting for the past few decades.
As well as seeing the old barn and it's contents you will be walking down a portion
of the original "Gold Rush Trail" - the stage coach road that was also built in
the 1860s. This history is what made British Columbia.
There are numreous out buildings, too, each one filled with antiques that are on
display and are looking much like they would have many many years ago. One cabin, for
instance, is full of milking machines, cream separators, cream and milk cans, and
butter churns. Another cabin is full of saws of all different types. There are old
washing machines, a dentist chair, an optometrist's chair, trunks, wardrobes, uniforms,
lanterns, and tools of every sort.
To get to any of these building you have to walk through the yard where you'll see
just about every type of horse drawn farm implement ever used - some dating back as
far as the 1870s. Plows, cultivators, hay rakes, hay tedders, a hay sweep, a baler,
hay stackers, mowers, discs, harrows of different types, and on and on it goes. There
are grain tanks and other wagons, and a combine, too.
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You won't want to miss the blacksmith shop, either, as there are tools by the dozens -
tongs, forges, anvils, tire bending machines, tire shrinkers, etc, etc. There's
also a saddlery where you'll find heaps of leather, harness, collars, and the tools
used to make them.
Below you'll find photos that were taken around the yard and in some of the
buildings.
They will all enlarge if you click on them. We hope you enjoy them.
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