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Cache Creek, British Columbia
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| Regional District | Thompson-Nicola |
| Area: | 10.57 km² |
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| Incorporated | 1959 |
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1,056 (2001) |
| Population density | 99.9/km² |
| Time zone | Pacific: UTC -8 |
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| Highways | Highway 97 Highway 97A Highway 1 |
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| Governing body | Cache Creek Village Council |
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Cache Creek is a junction community 350km northeast of Vancouver in Canada. It is on the Trans-Canada Highway in the province of British Columbia at its junction with northbound Highway 97. It was originally at the intersection of the Cariboo Wagon Road and the road to Savona's Ferry on Kamloops Lake.
Its name is derived, apparently, from a cache or buried and hidden supply and tradegoods depot used by the fur traders of either the Hudson's Bay Company or its rival the Northwest Company.
Although still very active with traffic, Cache Creek was extremely busy for a few decades before the Trans-Canada Highway was superseded by the newer and shorter Coquihalla Highway, which bypasses the Fraser and Thompson River Canyons between Hope and Kamloops via Merritt, about 60 miles southeast.
The main employer for the area is the local landfill site that accepts the majority of the garbage from the Greater Vancouver Regional District. This has lead to Cache Creek being nicknamed "Trash Creek."
Subdivisions of British Columbia|
Alberni-Clayoquot · Bulkley-Nechako · Capital · Cariboo · Central Coast · Central Kootenay · Central Okanagan · Columbia-Shuswap · Comox-Strathcona · Cowichan Valley · East Kootenay · Fraser Valley · Fraser-Fort George · Greater Vancouver · Kitimat-Stikine · Kootenay Boundary · Mount Waddington · Nanaimo · North Okanagan · Northern Rockies · Okanagan-Similkameen · Peace River · Powell River · Skeena-Queen Charlotte · Squamish-Lillooet · Stikine · Sunshine Coast · Thompson-Nicola |
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Principal urban centres |
Abbotsford · Kamloops · Kelowna · Nanaimo · Prince George · Vancouver · Victoria |
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Large suburban communities |
Burnaby · Coquitlam · Delta · Langley Township · North Vancouver District · Richmond · Saanich · Surrey |
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Other major centres |
Campbell River · Chilliwack · Courtenay · Cranbrook · Fort St. John · Penticton · Port Alberni · Salmon Arm · Vernon |
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