Meet Billy Barker

As you may know, Barkerville is named after the town’s most famous and most successful miner: Billy Barker. You may also know that Billy Barker was the first person to strike gold in the area where Barkerville now lies. But he also did many other things. Where was Billy Barker from? What type of person was he? Where did he go and what did he do after he left Barkerville? Let’s find out.      Next...

Photograph from Barkerville Archives. A-1144.