Riske Creek

Located on the Fraser River in the Chilcotin area of the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region of British Columbia, Riske Creek is a small community set amid ranchlands and rolling grasslands. A place to get away from it all and do some hiking, wildlife viewing and fishing.

Just south of Riske Creek near the confluence of the Fraser and Chilcotin rivers on Farwell Canyon Road is Junction Sheep Range Provincial Park, a 4,573hec/11,300ac preserve with some 500 California bighorn sheep. Watch them scale the steep sandstone riverbanks in their natural setting. Farwell Canyon’s desert-dry limestone and sandstone walls feature hoodoos and other intriguing water-carved formations. Hikers can view ancient pictographs on the cliff faces and watch First Nation fishermen dip-netting for salmon in the late summer.

For information on the general area see Williams Lake.

Location

Riske Creek is 49 km (30 mi) south-west of Williams Lake on Hwy 20.

Step Back in Time

The town is named after Polish pioneer and settler L.W. Riske, who built a sawmill and flour mill during the 1860s from which he sent supplies and produce to the Cariboo goldfields. The history of the area can be relived by visiting Historic Chilcotin Lodge. Built in 1940 as a hunting lodge, the pioneer-style log building is one of the last remaining authentic lodging facilities in the Chilcotin.