Rich in History
Video Series
Barkerville’s Rich in History video series brings the sights, sounds, and stories of Barkerville, the Cariboo Gold Rush, and British Columbia to a global audience of students, enthusiasts, and educators. The series was produced and presented by Barkerville Historic Town & Park with support from the Province of British Columbia’s Rural Dividend Program.
original peoples
connection to XATŠŪLL
what’s in a name?
celebrating indigenous culture
feeding the foreigners
chinatown
chinatown tour
mid-autumn moon festival
chinatown
the women of barkerville
Hurdy Gurdy Dancing Girls
The Women of Barkerville
gold and mining
A Hurdy’s Life
a tale from the gold rush trail
so you wanna find some gold?
mining technology
properties of gold
discovery day
daily life
pickwick club
gold rush cuisine
williams creek schoolhouse
conversations on confederation
Early Justice
St. saviour’s anglican church
the cariboo sentinel
relatively fashionable
wesleyan methodist church
Historic Town Tour
gold rush fashion
cemetery tour
music
barkerville drum song
classical ehru
classical violin
gold rush music
traditional fiddle
great fire of 1868
eyewitness accounts
fire in barkerville
Credits
James Douglas – Project Manager, Producer, Director, Camera, Narration
Jenn Lewis, Maple Syrup Sound – Sound Recordist, Supervising Sound Designer
Darien Ross – Graphic Designer, Developer, Co-Producer
cast
Brendan Bailey – Richard Goldsworthy
Shawna Berry – Bessie Hall
Danette Boucher – Florence Wilson
Dave Brown – Daniel Grimsby
Stewart Cawood – Charles Hankin
Cheryl Chapman – Herself
Dr. Ying Ying Chen – Herself
Chris Cooley – Robert Holloway
James Douglas – John A. Cameron
Kelsey Escott – Sophia Cameron
Yu Ting Gao – Foo Ling
Andrew Hamilton – Billy Barker
Geran Koornhof – Chartres Brew
Michelle Lieffertz – Isabella Hodgkinson
Matthew Randolph – Judge Begbie
Mike Retasket – Himself
Julia Wheatley – Miss Wendle
JP Winslow – Mr. Teach
Ben Zhao – Himself
Erica Stuchbery – Mary Raynard
