• 13
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  • 1990-09-03T21:00:00Z on CBC Television
  • 30m
  • 6h 30m (13 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English

13 episodes

Season Premiere

1990-09-03T21:00:00Z

5x01 Grand Forks

Season Premiere

5x01 Grand Forks

  • 1990-09-03T21:00:00Z30m

Mike and Bill explore this thriving town in the Boundary country and its colorful residents like "Volcanic Brown".

1990-09-10T21:00:00Z

5x02 The Chinese in B.C.

5x02 The Chinese in B.C.

  • 1990-09-10T21:00:00Z30m

They built the railways, they mined gold, and they formed the merchant class of many communities, making some of them very wealthy.

1990-09-17T21:00:00Z

5x03 The Yukon: 1896

5x03 The Yukon: 1896

  • 1990-09-17T21:00:00Z30m

1896 - The first year of the Klondike Gold rush. Men like Skukum Jim and Tagish Charlie made their fortunes before the rest of the world knew about the strike.

The entire town was virtually owned by Harris. His rise and fall parallelled the fate of the town in the silvery Slocan.

1990-10-01T21:00:00Z

5x05 Volcanic Brown

5x05 Volcanic Brown

  • 1990-10-01T21:00:00Z30m

The adventures of this colorful character is explored, including the search for a mysterious river that ran yellow with gold!

1990-10-08T21:00:00Z

5x06 Lillooet

5x06 Lillooet

  • 1990-10-08T21:00:00Z30m

More a story of a region than a town, Gold Trails examines the role this community played in B.C.'s early development.

1990-10-15T21:00:00Z

5x07 Silverton

5x07 Silverton

  • 1990-10-15T21:00:00Z30m

A hard rock town where mines like the Mammoth and the Standard produced tons of silver ore and employed men like Big Pete Cafone, a giant among giants.

1990-10-22T21:00:00Z

5x08 Jefferson Randolph Smith

5x08 Jefferson Randolph Smith

  • 1990-10-22T21:00:00Z30m

Better known as Soapy Smith, the leader of a gang that took over a town and owned it and its people until the gang's untimely demise.

1990-10-29T22:00:00Z

5x09 Dewdney Trail

5x09 Dewdney Trail

  • 1990-10-29T22:00:00Z30m

This trail across the Southern Interior of B.C. was the freeway to some of the richest ore bodies in the province. Hedley, Phoenix, and Rossland sprang up along its route.

5x10 New Hazelton & The Russian Gang

  • 1990-11-05T22:00:00Z30m

The story of how a man of the cloth with a deadly aim put an end to a robbery spree that began in New Hazelton.

1990-11-12T22:00:00Z

5x11 Spanish Mound

5x11 Spanish Mound

  • 1990-11-12T22:00:00Z30m

Did Spanish conquistadors make their way to the Interior of B.C. in their search for the legendary City of Gold? This question is examined on Gold Trails and Ghost Towns.

1990-11-19T22:00:00Z

5x12 Bill Miner

5x12 Bill Miner

  • 1990-11-19T22:00:00Z30m

"Hands Up!" It was a phrase that was coined by the legendary train robber who made life miserable for the C.P.R.

1990-11-26T22:00:00Z

5x13 The Hudson's Bay Company

5x13 The Hudson's Bay Company

  • 1990-11-26T22:00:00Z30m

One of the world's oldest surviving companies; responsible for the exploration of most of Canada. Gold Trails looks at its famous posts in B.C.

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