Communities+and+Non-renewable+resources

=**Communities and Non-renewable resources**= During the Gold Rush many communities were started up as people came in to search for Gold. While the Gold was there the town would be busy and wealthy. People would start up their businesses to sell their merchandise and provide services. As long as there was gold the town would grow.

After the gold finds slowed down the town would be deserted leaving only a few buildings and people.

Barkerville was different because it was named a National Historic Site in Canada in 1924. It was at the end of the Cariboo Wagon Trail. The town continued but slowly started to fall apart.

In 1958 during BC centennial, the provincial government created Barkerville Historic Provincial Park. They rebuilt Barkerville to look the way it used to.