Blackwater-Spruce Ranch:

Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail

Discover the Blackwater/West Road River route of the The Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail, located in the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region of British Columbia.

This is a 450 km (279 mi.) long corridor that starts at the mouth of the Blackwater river, just west of Quesnel and stretches all the way to the Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park. The Alexander Mackenzie Voyageur Route stretches 10,000 km across Canada, starting at Quebec City and ending up in Bella Coola.

The heritage trail takes you along Punchaw Lake, Blackwater Bridge, Gillies Crossing and Titetown. It continues along the Euchineko Lake and into the Kluskus Lakes territory. Alexander Mackenzie was taken down the Bella Coola River to the Dean Channel by the local people where he inscribed the following: Alex Mackenzie from Canada by land 22nd July 1793.

We begin our expedition just past the point where the gravel roads to Titetown meet the wagon trails we will be traveling. This is where the West Road River meets the Euchineko River and the trail moves through the Nazko Valley. Leaving Km "0", we will pass Kluskus Lakes and move down the Heritage Trail and head west to Bella Coola for the rodeo. The next tour, we head south into Anahim Lake for the Anahim Lake rodeo.