Cache Creek, British Columbia

Cache Creek , B.C. is a small valley community situated on the shores of the Bonaparte River surrounded by rolling desert hills decorated with sagebrush, tumbleweeds and cactus. The river community is located at a junction where Hwy #1 (Trans Canada Hwy) and

In the early days, Cache Creek, was a destination community for miners and fur traders. Some say Cache Creek got its name in the mid 1800s from the fur traders who stored or "cached" their supplies in the valley. Today, the community is a destination on the Historic Gold Rush Trail which explores the entire Thompson-Shuswap region.

Cache Creek is cowboy and mining country. There is even a miner statue welcoming people to Cache Creek at the main highway intersection in town. 

A few of the popular Provincial Parks in the region provide hours of entertainment. A good hiking, fishing, camping and lake destination near the community of Cache Creek and Lillooet is Marble Canyon Provincial Park. A geological destination park located in a limestone canyon. And not far east of the community is a river park named Juniper Beach Provincial Park.