The Town Barkerville, British Columbia Barkerville Historic Town, the largest heritage attraction in British Columbia, Canada. Barkerville is famous by the Great Cariboo Gold Rush. Barkerville is named after Billy Barker who discovered the mother lode. William Dietz, Ned Stout, Fanny Bendixon, John Bowron, Betty Wendle, and other legends are part of Barkervilles History. The Gold Rush Trail - Quesnel B.C. To Barkerville B.C. Fortune seekers once travelled the Cariboo Waggon Road to the Cariboo goldfields and the bustling boomtown of Barkerville. Settled in 1862, Barkerville Historic Town today features over 125 restored heritage buildings along a Victorian-era streetscape.