CACHE CREEK

CACHE CREEK

Is a small junction community located in the semi-arid southern interior of British Columbia, 352 kilometers northeast of Vancouver, and 85 kilometers west of Kamloops on the junction of Highways #1 (Trans-Canada) and #97.

Its name apparently comes from a hidden or cache used by the fur traders from either the Hudson’s Bay Company or its main rival, the Northwest Company when during the early and middle stages of the 19^th century the fur traders used a nearby creek by the name of Rivière de la Cache. Cache is a French word meaning “a hiding place”. Also during this period of time, Cache Creek was once a busy place as it played a pivotal role as an ending point for stagecoach lines and it was a busy community prior to 1986 when the $250,000,000 Coquihalla Highway was constructed. Nevertheless due to it being located along 2 busy highways, several fast food restaurants, hotels, gas stations, and a 9-hole golf course among other amenities, the town still is heavily reliant on travelers passing through town.

Cache Creek has a notorious and dubious reputation for being one of British Columbia’s hottest and driest places with the climate and landscape being semi-arid, bone dry-like conditions and having low-precipitation with an annual rainfall of only 10 centimeters with temperatures that at times exceed +35 degrees Celsius during the summertime months. Along with nearby towns such as Spences Bridge and Ashcroft, Cache Creek is located in an area that is known to have and experience a hot and dry summer, and a cold and dry winter. This is due to the surrounding area’s low elevation (about 900 meters above sea level) and the fact that it is protected from large amounts of precipitation (especially heavy rainfall and snowfall) by the nearby mountains. 

                                                                     

Cache Creek’s population: 1,037