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The small city of Quesnel is situated in the province of British Columbia, in Western Canada. Quesnel was at the heart of the Cariboo Gold Rush in the 1860s and today the main industry is forestry. As well as the history Quesnel offers access to the miles of great outdoors that British Columbia is so famous for.

Flights to Quesnel

The Quesnel Airport (airport code: YQZ) only handles internal flights to Quesnel so you will have to transfer once in Canada before getting there if you’re travelling from the UK. The only internal flights to Quesnel are with Central Mountain Air, and they fly from Vancouver, so first book a ticket to Vancouver with a number of airlines flying direct: Air Canada or British Airways are scheduled airline options, or there’s Thomas Cook Airlines, or Air Transat if you want to go the charter and cheaper option.

Quesnel Tourist Attractions

Quesnel is an interesting stop on any tour of British Columbia, though there isn’t really enough here to warrant a stop of more than a few days. The historical connections make Quesnel a popular place to visit, and as always for the province there’s plenty of great scenery to enjoy very close by too. You could make Quesnel your base for exploring some of the other towns in the Cariboo region, including the ghost town of Barkerville and the small town of Wells.

Historic Quesnel

As you wander around Quesnel you’ll find numerous houses that date from the beginning of the 1900s through to the 1930s, many of which have some historical significance as they were lived in by infamous figures or were home to historic businesses.

The Quesnel and District Museum and Archives is the place where you can find out more about the earlier history of the region as well as the local diverse culture. Quesnel Museum is also home to Mandy the Haunted Doll!

Cottonwood House Historic Site

More history can be discovered at the Cottonwood House Historic Site which is about 16 miles from Quesnel. This as a road house on the historic Gold Rush Trail, and the site also includes a couple of other historic buildings in addition to Cottonwood House itself. Visitors can take tours of the buildings as well as enjoy several trails in the area, picnic tables, Frisbee golf, and chip and putt golf.

Barkerville Historic Town

Cottonwood was on the way to the main town for the Cariboo Gold Rush, Barkerville, which is about 50 miles to the east of Quesnel. Barkerville grew almost overnight and had up to 5,000 residents who had come here to seek their fortune in the gold fields. Despite being such a boom town, Barkerville declined by the end of the 1800s and turned into a ghost town. The town was revived in the 1950s when it was decided it would become a tourist attraction and today you can see the town just as it was in its heyday.

When Should You Visit Quesnel?

June, July and August are the warmest months to visit Quesnel, with temperatures peaking in July, when the average high is 24C. Rainfall is marginally higher in the summer though, however, Quesnel isn’t a particularly wet destination so this shouldn’t be a problem for visitors. Winters are cold in contrast – the average high in January does not get above zero, remaining at only -4C.