Cache Creek, British Columbia
Gold Rush Country, Thompson - Shuswap, B.C., Canada

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 Hwy #97 meet and where Highway 99 is within a stones throw away.

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.

The Cache Creek downtown core lines the highway and includes many of the amenities necessary for a successful trip by travelers like accommodations, a grocery store, gas stations, banks, restaurants, retail stores, pubs, liquor stores, internet access and coffee shops. In the community, just off the main highway, is a public swimming pool, playground and some ball diamonds in Recreation Park.

In the summer months people enjoy activities like golfing, hiking, boating, camping, river kayaking, mountain biking, off roading, fishing, dirt biking, canoeing and horseback riding. In the winter months, after the snow falls, the community enjoys snowshoeing, cross country skiing, snowmobiling and ice fishing.

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. And just north of the community is a heritage destination called Hat Creek Ranch which explores the history of the First Nation people and of the early ranchers who settled in the region.

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.