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Dragon Creek is a creek located in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. The creek was discovered in the 1860s by a Frenchman nicknamed The Dragon because of his fighting abilities. The creek has been mined using drifting, sluicing, hydraulicking and drilling. [1]

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References

  1. N.L. Barlee (1980), The Guide to Gold Panning, Revised Second Edition, Second Printing. Canada West Publications., ISBN   0-920164-04-8

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