Wells, British Columbia
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'' |- |Census Division | |- |Regional District |Cariboo Regional District |- | Area: | or 159.15 (use for info after initial value, and for unformatted area field)}}} }}} km²}}} |- |style="padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Founded |style="padding: 0 5px 0 0" | |- |style="padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Incorporated |style="padding: 0 5px 0 0" | 1998 |- |Population: District Municipality | valign="top" | 245 (2001) |- |Population density:||1.5/km² |- | Time zone: | |- |Postal code span: | |- | Latitude: Longitude: | |- |Elevation:|| m MSL}}} |- |Highways |Highway 26 |- |Waterways | |- | Mayor: | |- |: | |- | align="center" colspan="2" | }}} |- | colspan="2" align="right"| Census.}}}}}}}}} [Edit Template] |} Wells is a small mining and tourist town in the Cariboo District of central British Columbia, located 74 km from Quesnel. It gains much of its revenue and jobs from tourists who pass through on their way to the Bowron Lake Provincial Park and to the historic destination of Barkerville. History
Originally a company town, Wells was managed by Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine. At its heyday of the 1930s, Wells sported 4500 people. In 1942 it had a greater population than Quesnel or Prince George [link]. The closure of the gold and other mineral mines in 1967 took its toll on the town and most of the population moved away. Today it has a winter population of just 175 which triples during the summer months.
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