Please Help The Lytton BC Museums Lost In The Fire

Update November 1, 2021. Thank you to all that have donated to this fundraiser for the Lytton Museums. This GoFundMe campaign is now closed. If you would like to contribute to the museums please contact them directly.

This fundraiser has been created by members of the Gold Trails and Ghost Towns Facebook Group  to help support both the Lytton Museum and Archives and Lytton Chinese History Museum which were both tragically lost during the Lytton British Columbia Fire (June 30-July1, 2021) that destroyed 90% of the town.

We hope this will help raise the funds necessary to help the people of Lytton continue to tell their story.

Both museum buildings were completely destroyed including their priceless archival collections that have taken generations to collect up throughout Lytton's incredible history.

This fundraiser will not bring back what has been lost but the funds raised will help both these important museums rebuild their collections, displays, and facilities for current and future generations to be able to learn about the history of the region and enjoy.

To understand the history of Lytton is to understand the town is located not only at the confluence of two great British Columbia rivers (Fraser and the Thompson), but at a confluence of BC History.

The Nlaka'pamux have called this location (known as Kumsheen) home for 10,000 years. The fur trade trails connected through Kumsheen. The Fraser River Gold Rush founded the town of Lytton in 1858, and consequent mining rushes, which brought the world of different cultures into the region. The building of two of Canada's national railways (CP and CN) through Lytton and eventually a major stop for people on Trans Canada Highway.  

As quoted from Wikipedia  "Lytton was on the route of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush in 1858. The same year, Lytton was named after Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the British Colonial Secretary and a novelist. For many years Lytton was a stop on major transportation routes, namely, the River Trail from 1858, Cariboo Wagon Road in 1862, the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1880s, the Cariboo Highway in the 1920s, and the Trans Canada Highway in the 1950s."

The proceeds raised from this fundraiser will be split evenly between both museums. 

Any amount you can donate will help re-establish these two very import history centres in the community.

Our hearts go out to the people of Lytton and the Nlaka'pamux  First Nation (Lytton First Nation) who have been displaced and lost their homes and businesses, community centres, and worse, some lives during this horrific fire. Please continue to donate and offer support to the other donation campaigns for the region.

On behalf of Gold Trails and Ghost Towns Facebook Group

Page Admin Joshua Robertson

Page Moderator Blake MacKenzie

Thank you to Richard Forrest (Lytton Museum and Archives) and Lorna Fandrich (Lytton Chinese History Museum) for allowing us the help them during this time of community crisis.