Boothroyd, British Columbia


Boothroyd is a settlement in the Fraser Canyon region of British Columbia, just north of Boston Bar-North Bend. It sits on a flat, alluvial bench which is some of the only flat land in the Fraser Canyon. It was the site of a Cariboo Roadhouse, run by a man named Boothroyd. Later it was a camp for Canadian Pacific Railway Chinese construction workers in 1882–4. Fruit farming and ranching also other activities.
The community was named after George Boothroyd. He and his brother kept a roadhouse here during the days of the Cariboo Road.