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The old historic townsite of Aldermere was located on the old Caribou Trail in the 1800's. Before 1866, the Collin's Telegraph line was going through this area.
Aldermere was stablished in 1904 circa. The elevation protected it from flooding but made it difficult to transport water and supplies.
In 1907 folks began moving below the hill to be closer to the river in anticipation of the proposed Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. By 1914, the hotel and stores were closed.
Today trails lead in to the old townsite location where a person can see a board showing the layout of old Aldermere townsite and also posted signs showing where some establishments once stood. There is a bench where you can sit down.
Be careful visiting the site as you could easily come across a black bear. A person riding a mountain bike along the Cariboo trail, asked if we had seen any bears in the area. I replied, "Not yet." He laughed nervously.
Richard and I visited the historic townsite during the day and then later again that night to do a little haunted investigation. A game of Randonautica actually brought us to this location to begin with. This is where a person picks an intent, then uses the Randonautica App to generate a location to see if they can find that intent.
You'll have to excuse the quality of the photos as these stills were taken from a video on iphone.
A FB live randonautica adventure from 2023. Before we knew anything about this old townsite.
Daytime and later again that night. Edited for length.
Barb & Richard Cecil