Cache Creek, British Columbia

:"This page is about the town in the Thompson Country of British Columbia. For the creek that is its namesake, see Cache Creek (British Columbia). For other locations named Cache Creek see Cache Creek. Infobox Settlement
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leader_name =P. A. John Ranta
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website = [http://www.cachecreekvillage.com/ Town website]
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Cache Creek is a junction community mi to km|220 northeast of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. It is on the Trans-Canada Highway in the province of British Columbia at its junction with northbound Highway 97. It was originally at the intersection of the Cariboo Wagon Road and the road to Savona's Ferry on Kamloops Lake.

Its name is derived, apparently, from a "cache" or buried and hidden supply and tradegoods depot used by the fur traders of either the Hudson's Bay Company or its rival the North West Company.

Although still very active with traffic, Cache Creek was extremely busy for a few decades before the Trans-Canada Highway was superseded by the newer and shorter Coquihalla Highway, which bypasses the Fraser and Thompson Canyons between Hope and Kamloops via Merritt, about mi to km|60|precision=0 southeast.

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External links

* [http://www.cachecreekvillage.com/ Town website]