Not everyone travelling to the Cariboo came from overseas or the United States.A group of 150 men, one pregnant woman, and three young children, (Catherine O'Hare Schubert and her children) came across the country in ox-drawn Red River Carts (wagons). These "Overlanders" left Fort Garry (now Winnipeg) in June of 1862.
The journey took them through Fort Garry, across the prairies to Fort Edmonton, over the Rocky Mountains to Lillooet. The exhausted Overlanders divided into two groups once they reached Tete Jaune Cache.
Most Overlanders decided at this point to build large rafts and travel down the Fraser River to the mining town of Quesnel,then onward to Victoria.
Often the Overlanders were forced to wade or swim across turbulent streams and rivers. This was a difficult journey, and many Overlanders either lost or traded away their supplies before reaching their destination.
