Courtesy of New Pathways to Gold

By Veronica Beltran

Nam Sing Packing Expedition

Nam Sing Packing Expedition rolls into Barkerville this weekend

Sep 5, 2019 | 6:45 AM

BARKERVILLE–The Nam Sing Packing Expedition Historic Re-creation will come to Barkerville on Sunday, September 8th.

The re-creation will take place during Barkerville’s historic, Cowboys and Drovers Jubilee at noon on Sunday. Historic reenactors , a wagon train and a large troop of riders in costume will celebrate the legacy of Chinese pioneer Nam Sing. “Due to the fire seasons in 2017 and 2018, we had to postpone the event twice. But this year it’s third time lucky and promises to be quite a show,” said New Pathways to Gold Society (NPTGS) Secretary Brent Rutherford.

The event is in part being staged as a tribute to the resilience of Cariboo communities impacted by back-to-back record-setting fire seasons, and to raise awareness of multiculturalism in BC.

“Nam Sing was a miner, a packer and an early entrepreneur who employed First Nations, Kanakan, Mexican and other workers during the Gold Rush and afterwards,” said Multicultural Director Lily Chow.

Nam Sing came to BC from China in 1858, working as a miner near Yale before heading to the Cariboo to run a pack train between Quesnel and Barkerville. His crews delivered produce and other goods to miners, merchants, and gamblers.

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