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Cottonwood, British Columbia

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in the area of Cottonwood became the focus of a scandal in the later 19th Century. Begbie denied any impropriety and papers relating to the scandal were all destroyed.
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Cottonwood House Historic Site is a store, museum and heritage property located on the right bank of the Cottonwood River, adjacent to the highway from
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are just farther along the route. Its provincial park status was cancelled by
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on the route before its terminus at Barkerville, although Coldspring House and
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in 1999, but it remains a provincial heritage property.
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to Barkerville. Cottonwood House was the last major
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Cottonwood House
Cottonwood is located in British Columbia
British Columbia
53°03′00″N 122°09′15″W / 53.05000°N 122.15417°W / 53.05000; -122.15417
Canada
Province
British Columbia
Area code(s)
250
778
North Cariboo
Central Interior of British Columbia
ranch
Cariboo Plateau
Coldspring House
Swift River
Lightning Creek
Cottonwood River
Cariboo Gold Rush
Quesnel
Wells
Barkerville
Cariboo Wagon Road
Yale
Fraser Canyon
Fraser
roadhouse
Beaver Pass House
Order in Council
Matthew Baillie Begbie

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