Lillooet

• Kaoham Shuttle

  phone: +1 250-259-8300
  address: Lillooet railway station
  This short-haul rail-bus service is operated by the local Indian band connecting Lillooet to Shalalth and Seton Portage at the far end of Seton Lake. It sometimes serves the community of D'Arcy at the far end of Anderson Lake if there is demand, but there is no scheduled service between D'Arcy and Lillooet, though the shuttle does run daily from Seton Portage to Lillooet and back. On Fridays only, one could do an excursion from Lillooet (departure 10:30AM) to Seton Park and return (noon and 2:30PM) within the same day. (However, the tourist office says only the noon departure is available for visitors.) The trip takes 1 hour each way. On other days of the week, travellers doing this trip will need overnight accommodations in Seton Portage or Shalalth, or a ride back over the mountain pass which accesses this area from Lillooet. Reservations, made by telephone, are strongly recommended; however, according to the tourist office, local residents may still get priority for seats over visitors, even those with a reservation.

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• Lillooet Museum

  phone: +1 250 256-4308
  address: 8th Ave & Main St
  This museum takes a look at Lillooet's history with pioneer and Gold Rush era equipment and tools, native artifacts, historic photos and Ma Murray's news office (a prominent local historical figure), including her old printing presses.

• Mile 0 Cairn

  address: 8th Ave & Main St
  Stone cairn commemorating Lillooet's place as mile zero on the Old Cariboo Wagon Road from Lillooet to Alexandria (the old gold rush trail).

• The Miyazaki Heritage House

  address: 643 Russell Lane
• Bridge River Fishing Grounds, known as Sat' in the lcoal native language ("Shatl"), also known as the Six Mile Rapids or Six Mile. Rock ledges flanking a narrow but fierce falls on the Fraser, at the confluence with the Bridge River. Created in legend by the trickster-spirit Coyote jumping back and forth from bank to bank to create the ledges for people to use for fishing. Thousands of years old as a gathering site for native peoples from around the Interior, active fishing site with fish drying racks (wind-dried salmon is a local delicacy).
• Bridge River Canyon and Terzahgi Dam, 32 km (20 miles) up the scenic Moha Road along the lower Bridge River, a ten-mile double-horseshoe gorge over 5000' deep, rivalling Yosemite, its upper end is Terzaghi Dam, which diverts the Bridge River through Mission Mountain to penstocks to powerhouses on Seton Lake. The drive over Mission Mountain involves a switchbacked descent to Shalalth and Seton Portage; accommodations and food available, also another rougher route out via the 'High Line', a former powerline road now a provincial highway, to D'Arcy, Mt Currie-Pemberton and Whistler. Continuing along the reservoir (Carpenter Lake) from Terzaghi Dam brings you to the goldfields towns of Gold Bridge and Bralorne, and resorts around Tyaughton Lake and Gun Lake. Continuing on, the main road leads to Pemberton Meadows and Whistler via Railway Pass.
• Seton Lake, spectacular fjord-like lake at the western end of town, popular beach and amazing towering cliffs, refreshments available. At the nearby campground, operated by BC Hydro and free to the public, there are old stone ovens built by Chinese gold miners in the 1870s. Boat tours of the lake (which is even more scenic from out on the water), water skiing opportunities. Seton Lake was part of the Douglas Trail, which led from steamers at Harrison Lake to Lillooet, which was a muster-ground for packers and wagon trains north to the Cariboo goldfields. 30,000 men traversed this route in the summer of 1859.
• Cayoosh Park, on the heights above the main part of downtown, formerly the site of Lillooet's famous hanging tree. Not much to see now other than a great view. BMX track and largely-unused outdoor checkerboard.
• Old Suspension Bridge. Built in 1911, now decommissioned but open to foot/bike traffic, 1911-vintage suspension bridge that for decades was the town's only road access to the outside world. At the mouth of Lillooet Canyon, a rough-water gorge between the Fishing Grounds at Six Mile and this spot, where the Fraser opens wider onto gold-bearing bars in front of town.
• the West Side Road. South to Lytton along shady benches and old ranches and farms, slow going but very scenic, connects to a traction cable ferry to Lytton. North to Big Bar Ferry, from the Bridge River Bridge, a spectacular drive but carry water and food and respect private property; a main road leads back from Big Bar Ferry to Jesmond and Kelly Lake, near Clinton; rough four-by-four roads lead back west over China Head Mountain to the head of the Yalakom River and return to Lillooet via Moha/lower Bridge River, or across the alpine to descend into the Bridge River Country via Tyaughton Lake. Pack gas and water and spare tires/repair kits.
• Marble Canyon and Pavilion Lake - on Highway 99 towards Cache Creek, a deep karst formation with glistening limestone wall towering over the short but impressive valley between Pavilion and the rangeland at Upper Hat Creek. The Pavilion Valley includes a series of lakes, the largest of which, Pavilion Lake, is a NASA xenobiology research site due to its unusual "fresh water coral" formations. Provincial campground requires reservations (online).

• Blackcomb AviationHelicopter tours.

• CC Helicopters Ltd.

  address: 717 Hwy 99 North
  Helicopter tours.

• Fort Berens Winery

  address: 1881 Highway 99 North
  Wine tasting during business hours. Wine tours by appointment

• St'at'imc Cultural Experiences

  address: 650 Industrial Pl.
  Spawing channel tours & salmon educational tours.

• Xwísten Experience ToursExperience the past and present of the St'at'imc People.

• Sturgeon fishing and river rafting are available through various companies.
• Mountain biking and hiking. Bike rentals available.

• Lillooet Farmers Market

  address: Main Street

• Apricot Tsaqwem Festival

  address: Main Street
  July

• Annual Sturgeon DerbyJuly/August

• Salmon in the Canyon FestivalAugust

• Some local stores feature jade products and local gold. Also handicrafts and specialty crops. Lillooet is famous for its cherries, apricots, local honey, and ginseng.

• Dina's Place Restaurant

  address: 690 Main Street
  Greek cuisine.

• Garden Patch Cafe

  address: 824 Main Street
  Cafe & deli.

• Goldpanner Restaurant

  address: 633 Main Street
  Chinese cuisine.

• Lillooet Inn Restaurant

  address: 3 - 687 Main Street
  Western & Japanese cuisine.

• Lillooet Cookhouse Restaurant

  address: 1237 Main Street
  In Reynolds Hotel.

• Old Mill Restaurant

  address: 155 Main Street
  In the Old Mill Plaza.

• Subway

  address: 123 Moha Rd.

• A&W Restaurant

  address: 165 Main St.

• Mile 0 Pizza Place

  phone: +1 250-256-4411
  address: 1194 Main St.

• Totem Chinese Restaurant

  address: 1289 Main St.
  Chinese smorgasbord on Sundays.

Hotels and motels

• 4Pines Motel

  address: 108-8th Ave

• Hotel Victoria

  phone: +1 250-256-4112
  address: 667 Main Street

• Mile-0 Motel

  address: 616 Main Street

• Retasket Lodge

  address: 1264 Bouette Rd.

• Reynolds Hotel

  address: 1237 Main Street

B&Bs and camping

• Cayoosh Creek Campground

  address: 100 Cayoosh Park Road

• Fraser Cove Campground

  phone: +1 250-256-8757
  address: 1234 Davis Rd

• Retasket RV Park

  address: 1264 Bouvette Rd.