Open July and August. This 12 hectare lake has heavy dissolved concentrations of various minerals including copper, silver, gold, sulphates, and epsom salts. Unfortunately, today, the lake is on private property. The only banana farm in Canada, with produce for sale at the Fernandes market. A replica of an 1816 Dutch windmill, complete with lower level living quarters.
Stones grind flour on the upper level, with baked goods made on site with the mill s own flour.
This park has an 1891 log building, typical of late 1800s pioneer homes, and a provincial police exhibit covering its history since being established in 1858 during the gold rush. There are also displays of early mining tools, Indian artifacts, a moonshine still and butterflies. Open June to September. This turn of the century ghost town was the home of those working the Cariboo mine from 1887 to 1903. It is said that there is still buried treasure in the area, including two gold bars stolen at gunpoint from mine officials.