On thing that I have learned about while on a trip is the gold rush. I was visiting some relatives in the South and we were driving down that way. I was wondering why the cities where called 100 mile house and thing like that I noticed they seemed to get lower as we went further south. I found out that the gold rush began in the Williams Creek area. First in Rich field and then in the Barkerville area.( which is know a historical site of the Canadian gold rush). As they got further and further down they counted how far have been travelling by miles. So when they came to lets say 150 mile house, they were 150 miles down from where they started the gold rush. And that's how the cities like 100 mile or 92 mile house got there name.
