List of historic ranches in British Columbia
| Ranch | alternate names | locality/region | location/coordinates | Founded | Still operating? | Founder | Current owners | Historic events/owners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108 Mile Ranch | South Cariboo | |||||||
| Basque Ranch | Fraser Canyon-Big Bar Ferry | family of Garnet Basque, historian | ||||||
| Ashcroft Manor | Cornwall Ranch | Thompson Country | 1860s | Lieut-Gov Clement Francis Cornwall | ||||
| Boothroyd's | Canyon Gardens | Fraser Canyon-Boston Bar | 1860s | |||||
| Bridge Creek Ranch | Bridge Creek Estate | South Cariboo | 51°39′01″N 121°18′27″W / 51.65028°N 121.30750°W | 1912 [1] | Yes | William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter | 5th, 7th and 8th Marquesses of Exeter | |
| Chilancoh Ranch | Bayliff's | Chilcotin | 1886 | yes | Hugh Peel Lane Bayliff and Gertrude Louise Jane Lane Bayliff (née Tindall) | R. Hugh L. Bayliff and Hellen L. Bayliff (nee von Harbou) | ||
| Coldstream Ranch | Okanagan-Shuswap | Charles Frederick Houghton | Forbes G. and Charles Albert Vernon | |||||
| Cottonwood Ranch | Cottonwood | North Cariboo | 53°03′00″N 122°09′15″W / 53.05000°N 122.15417°W | 1860s | ||||
| Currie Ranch | Currie's (name of trainstop) | Pemberton-Mount Currie | 1870s | John Currie | ||||
| Diamond 'S' Ranch | "Carson's Kingdom" | Pavilion (Fraser Canyon-Lillooet) | 1860s | Robert Carson | ||||
| Dominion Ranch | Semlin Ranch | Thompson Country | Charles Semlin, 12th Premier of BC | |||||
| Douglas Lake Ranch | Nicola Country | 1886 | "Chunky" Woodward Bernie Ebbers of Worldcom | |||||
| Gang Ranch | Chilcotin-Fraser Canyon | 1870s | Saudi Money | |||||
| Empire Valley Ranch | Fraser Canyon-Big Bar Ferry | late 1850s | Clarence Bryson since 1956 | |||||
| Fintry | Okanagan-Shuswap | |||||||
| Giusachan Ranch | Okanagan (Kelowna) | late 1850s | Aberdeen Holdings | Lord Aberdeen[3] | ||||
| Gun Creek Ranch | Bridge River Country | |||||||
| Hat Creek Ranch | Thompson-Bonaparte | 1860s | ||||||
| Hungry Valley Ranch | Chilcotin | John Wells` | ||||||
| Monte Creek Ranch | Duck's Ranch | Thompson Country | 1850s | Jacob Duck bought from the original homesteader, a Mexican known only as "Monte" | Hewitt Bostock | |||
| Moha Ranch | Bridge River | 1870s | ||||||
| O'Keefe Ranch | North Okanagan | 1860s | Cornelius O'Keefe | |||||
| 'R' Ranch | Similkameen | 1864 | Francis Xavier Richter | Francis Xavier Richter | ||||
| Rexmount Ranch | Bridge River | |||||||
| Sky Ranch | Chilcotin |
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/6/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.