Founded during the Cariboo Gold Rush of the 1860s, Barkerville boomed with thousands of miners before fire and decline turned it into a ghost town. Preserved today as a historic site, it is also known for hauntings tied to its rough past. Visitors and staff report the spirit of a Chinese miner roaming the old Chinatown district, spectral figures seen in saloon windows, and disembodied voices in the boarding houses. Night tours often highlight flickering lantern lights with no source and footsteps on wooden boardwalks after dark. Barkerville remains both a heritage attraction and one of British Columbia’s best-known haunted towns.