The story of how Peter C. Dunlevey found gold on the Horsefly in June of 1859, the first real strike in the Cariboo, is told in the diaries of Alex P. McInnes within Dunlevey: From the Diaries of Alex P. McInnes (Lillooet: A Honker Book/Lillooet Publishers, 1971) by Edith Beeson.

BOOKS:

Dunleavy: From the Diaries of Alex P. McInnes (Lillooet Publishers, 1971)

[BCBW 2003] "Cariboo" "Gold"