Photo: (WT-shared) Kazbar at wts wikivoyage · Public domainHistory around Cache Creek: 3 designated places within 100 km
The nearest town to Cache Creek with a top designation is Kamloops, 70 km away. Before 1961: just 12% of the homes, where most towns have 18%.
The registers find 3 places within 100 km of Cache Creek
The first one out is McAbee Fossil Beds, 12 km away in Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola. Their towns number 2: Kamloops and Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola first. “Canadian National Railway Station, Kamloops, British Columbia”, 71 km off, is the oldest: 1926.
The 3 nearest, within 100 km
| McAbee Fossil BedsBritish Columbia designated provincial heritage site · 12 km away, in Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Kamloops, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1926–1928 · 71 km away, in Kamloops |
| Kamloops Memorial ArenaListed in a community heritage register · 71 km away, in Kamloops |
Cache Creek added no homes from 2016 to 2021, where most towns have 4.1%
54% of Cache Creek’s homes date from 1961 to 1980, well above the typical 27%. Cache Creek built little from 2001 to 2015: 7.4% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Over half of the homes in Cache Creek were already standing by 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Cache Creek and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cache Creek | 1,053 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ashcroft | 1,744 | 0 | 0 | — |
Cache Creek in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 12%, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Cache Creek’s history
How many historic places does Cache Creek have on the registers?
Cache Creek has none of its own yet. McAbee Fossil Beds, in Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola, is the nearest, 12 km away.
How old are the homes in Cache Creek?
12% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).