In 2023, Barkerville Historic Town and Park was open for a 100-day season and the community only had clean air quality ratings for 52 of those days.
Last week a major heritage site in British Columbia was moments away from being destroyed by a wildfire and was saved by the herculean effort of the B.C. Wildfire Service and site staff, new fire breaks, and a miraculous last-second shift in the winds.
It has never been a more dangerous time for B.C.’s museums, galleries, and heritage sites — and this danger takes a significant toll on the people who devote their lives to safeguarding our irreplaceable cultural heritage. Ten years ago, a natural disaster destroying a museum or heritage site was relatively uncommon — something that only happened in an “unprecedented” earthquake, flood, or tornado.
Each summer the humans who conserve our shared heritage become more and more exhausted. In a recent conversation with a museum manager at a major B.C. heritage site, they talked about the summer fire season as bringing “trauma” which neither they, nor their team, ever have the time, space, and resources to fully process.
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In historic Barkerville, B.C., a battle to keep town wet and safe from rampaging fireBARKERVILLE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — The British Columbia gold rush town of Barkerville is drenched, both from overnight rains and sprinklers dousing its timber buildings, some more than 150 years old.
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