List of historic ranches in British Columbia

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Ranch alternate names locality/region location/coordinates Founded Still operating? Founder Current owners Historic events/owners
108 Mile Ranch South Cariboo
Fraser Canyon-Big Bar Ferry family of , historian
Ashcroft Manor Cornwall Ranch Thompson Country 1860s Lieut-Gov Clement Francis Cornwall
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 / 51.65028; -121.30750 1912 [1] Yes William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter 5th, 7th and 8th Marquesses of Exeter
Chilcotin 1886 yes and and
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 / 53.05000; -122.15417 1860s
Currie's (name of trainstop) Pemberton-Mount Currie 1870s
"Carson's Kingdom" Pavilion (Fraser Canyon-Lillooet) 1860s
Semlin Ranch Thompson Country Charles Semlin, 12th Premier of BC
Douglas Lake Ranch Nicola Country 1886 Bernie Ebbers of Worldcom
Gang Ranch Chilcotin-Fraser Canyon 1870s Saudi Money
Empire Valley Ranch

Henry Koster[2]

Fraser Canyon-Big Bar Ferry late 1850s Clarence Bryson since 1956
Fintry Okanagan-Shuswap
Okanagan (Kelowna) late 1850s Aberdeen Holdings Lord Aberdeen[3]


Bridge River Country
Thompson-Bonaparte 1860s
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Monte Creek Ranch Duck's Ranch Thompson Country 1850s Jacob Duck bought from the original homesteader, a Mexican known only as "Monte" Hewitt Bostock
Bridge River 1870s
O'Keefe Ranch North Okanagan 1867
Similkameen 1864 Francis Xavier Richter Francis Xavier Richter
Bridge River
Sky Ranch Chilcotin


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