Cariboo-Chilcotin Region

FBC's Work in the Cariboo-Chilcotin

FBC provides facilitation, education and project management services for local and regional work, including support for these initiatives:

• Tsilhqot’in National Government-Government of BC
• Ecosystem Restoration

FBC also supports Community Wildfire Roundtables in several regions, including:

• Williams Lake and Area Community Wildfire Roundtable

In addition, FBC delivers BC-wide programs that serve the region. These include:

• Plug in BC
• Salmon Safe BC
• Realizing UNDRIP
• FBC Youth Program
• First Nations Home Energy Save
• Energy Efficiency Mentorship Program
• Energy Partnerships in Indigenous Communities (EPIC)

To explore program partnership opportunities in the Cariboo-Chilcotin, please contact us.

About the Cariboo-Chilcotin

The Cariboo-Chilcotin covers 70,000 square km  of BC’s Central Interior. The region features varied topography, abundant wildlife and spectacular landscapes — from craggy peaks. to cedar-hemlock forests, to grasslands. The Cariboo falls in the Interior plateau, east of the Fraser River, and the Chilcotin lies west of the Fraser.

In addition to its historic settlements, the region has spectacular scenery, outdoor adventure and a growing number of amenities for both its nearly 62,000 residents and its many visitors.

The boundaries of the Cariboo-Chilcotin region are based primarily on watersheds, including the Quesnel, West Road/Blackwater, Chilcotin, and Bridge-Seton watersheds and part of the Middle Fraser River - see About the Basin.

This region is the home and traditional territory of Dakelh, Secwepemctsin  and Tsilhqot'in-speaking peoples. First Nations of these language groups include Kluskus, Red Bluff, Nazko, Ulkatcho, Canim Lake, Canoe Creek, Esketemc, Soda Creek, Williams Lake, Alexandria, Alexis Creek, Stone, Tl'etinqox-t'in Government Office, Toosey and Xeni Gwet'in Government. Regional First Nations bodies include the Northern Shuswap Treaty Society and Tribal Council, Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council and the Tsilhqot’in National Government.

The region includes the City of Williams Lake, City of Quesnel, District of 100 Mile House and District of Wells, as well as many smaller communities, such as Alexis Creek, Horsefly, Likely, Lac La Hache and Barkerville. These fall within the Cariboo Regional District. Learn more about the region and the work of communities on the sites of local governments and through the Cariboo Regional District.