Dr. Lorne Hammond, retired curator at the Royal British Columbia Museum, takes us on a journey through the Cariboo, following the legends of the packer, “Cataline.”

Cataline (Jean Caux) was one of the most famous packers who ran trains of horses or mules in British Columbia. Pack trains delivered materials required to live and work, and were vital to the building of railways, roads, and telegraph lines. Hammond explains how the pack trains followed trails created by Indigenous peoples and later by fur trading companies, to reach settlements in rugged terrains including Barkerville.

Presented at the BCHF Conference in Williams Lake, May 2025.

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