S5 E1 • Grand Forks

Mike and Bill explore this thriving town in the Boundary country and its colorful residents like "Volcanic Brown".

S5 E2 • The Chinese in B.C.

They built the railways, they mined gold, and they formed the merchant class of many communities, making some of them very wealthy.

S5 E3 • The Yukon: 1896

1896 - The first year of the Klondike Gold rush. Men like Skukum Jim and Tagish Charlie made their fortunes before the rest of the world knew about the strike.

S5 E4 • John Morgan Harris: The King of Sandon

The entire town was virtually owned by Harris. His rise and fall parallelled the fate of the town in the silvery Slocan.

S5 E5 • Volcanic Brown

The adventures of this colorful character is explored, including the search for a mysterious river that ran yellow with gold!

S5 E6 • Lillooet

More a story of a region than a town, Gold Trails examines the role this community played in B.C.'s early development.

S5 E7 • Silverton

A hard rock town where mines like the Mammoth and the Standard produced tons of silver ore and employed men like Big Pete Cafone, a giant among giants.

S5 E8 • Jefferson Randolph Smith

Better known as Soapy Smith, the leader of a gang that took over a town and owned it and its people until the gang's untimely demise.

S5 E9 • Dewdney Trail

This trail across the Southern Interior of B.C. was the freeway to some of the richest ore bodies in the province. Hedley, Phoenix, and Rossland sprang up along its route.

S5 E10 • New Hazelton & The Russian Gang

The story of how a man of the cloth with a deadly aim put an end to a robbery spree that began in New Hazelton.

S5 E11 • Spanish Mound

Did Spanish conquistadors make their way to the Interior of B.C. in their search for the legendary City of Gold? This question is examined on Gold Trails and Ghost Towns.

S5 E12 • Bill Miner

"Hands Up!" It was a phrase that was coined by the legendary train robber who made life miserable for the C.P.R.

S5 E13 • The Hudson's Bay Company

One of the world's oldest surviving companies; responsible for the exploration of most of Canada. Gold Trails looks at its famous posts in B.C.