Quesnel

Quesnel, town, south-central British Columbia, Canada. It lies at the confluence of the Quesnel and Fraser rivers, 411 miles (661 km) north of Vancouver. The river and town site (Quesnellemouth until 1864) were named for Jules Maurice Quesnelle, who accompanied Simon Fraser’s exploring party in 1808. The settlement grew during the Cariboo gold rush of 1862. It is now the service centre for an extensive lumbering, farming, and mining area, and its main industrial establishment...