Cache Creek, British Columbia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Village of Cache Creek
Village
Where Cache Creek is found in British Columbia
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Region	Thompson Country
Regional District	Thompson-Nicola
Incorporated	1959
Area
• Total	10.25 km2 (3.96 sq mi)
Elevation	396 m (1,300 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,040
• Density	101.5/km2 (263/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
Website	Village of Cache Creek Website

Cache Creek is a Canadian incorporated village and historic transportation in British Columbia, Canada. Cache Creek is in the Thompson Country of the Interior of British Columbia. The population of Cache Creek was 1,040 at the 2011 census. The town of Cache Creek is on the Trans-Canada Highway. It is at the junction of northbound Highway 97. The name Cache Creek is believed to comes from a cache (a buried and hidden supply) and trade goods depot that was used by the fur traders of either the Hudson's Bay Company or the North West Company. The town is sometimes seen as the "twin" to nearby Ashcroft, which is not on the major highway unlike Cache Creek.

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  Bonaparte River Indians on horseback, 2 mi. from Cache Creek