Support for Historic Barkerville Town and Park staff is on the way via a 500 thousand dollar provincial grant.
The money comes by way of the Rural Dividend Fund’s special circumstances provision and looks to provide assistance to licensees and independant businesses impacted by wildfires.
Historic Barkerville brings in nearly 70 thousand tourists per year and, according to Minister of Forests and Lands Doug Donaldson, represents an important piece of the province’s tourism sector.