Overlander Falls

Overlander Falls is a waterfall on the Fraser River in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, reached by a short trail from the Yellowhead Highway and known as a kayaking spot. Its name preserves the story of the Overlanders expedition of 1862, a party of 175 men and 1 woman from Ontario who crossed the prairies and Rocky Mountains seeking the Barkerville goldfields during the Cariboo rush. Near the falls the group split: about half went down the Fraser and reached Barkerville too late to claim gold, while the rest abandoned the search and rafted down the North Thompson River to Fort Kamloops.

British Columbia · Canada