British Columbia Heritage Sites

BC Canada historic attractions, museums, and heritage sites

Discover British Columbia's rich English, French and First Nation history.

British Columbia heritage sites and historic attractions include venues like old forts, gold rush towns, First Nation villages, pioneer homesteads, miners and settler camps.

BC Historic Heritage Sites and Attractions

British Columbia heritage sites depicting the story of BC vary on many fronts. The stories are different. The onsite building structures, amenities, services and the number of artifacts on display all vary. Some sites focus on the pioneer with villages, cabins and barns. And other historic attractions tell the story of the First Nation people who were first to settle in British Columbia, Canada.

BC Heritage Towns

The bigger British Columbia heritage sites offer a full experience. Some of the extras may include period actors, theatres, restaurants, tours, guides, plays, theatre and historic stores operating as if nothing has changed. Visitors can walk down gravel streets or up on raised boardwalk paths exploring pioneer villages visiting with candy stores, mercantile shops, trapper cabins, blacksmith shops, railway office, churches, schools, post offices, jails, barns and more.

First Nations Historic Sites

Come and visit anyone of our First Nation historic sites, museums or art galleries. BC indigenous attractions tell the history of our First Nation people through art, language, dance and regalia. The First Nation attraction may include tee pees, carving sheds, sweat lodges, Totem Poles, burial sites and museums with masks, head dresses, tools, canoes, clothing, pictures, paintings, animals and much more.

British Columbia heritage sites and historic attraction

Old forts, gold rush towns, First Nation villages, pioneer homesteads, miners and settler camps.