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Cariboo country

• an extensive region in south-central British Columbia, originally that region between the junction of the Quesnel and Fraser Rivers and the Cariboo Mountains, but later, especially in popular usage, a much larger region, extending from Lillooet almost to Prince George.

  See also: Cariboo (def. 1)  

  • 1860  The news from the Cariboo Country is very encouraging.
  • 1963  . . . this plateau does have a general level, rolling away east to the Cariboo country and westward to lap the feet of the mountains.