History Meets Modern Historical Tellings in Barkerville’s New Web Series, Now Streaming

Barkerville Historic Town has a new attraction for audiences all over the province, the nation, and the now globe. Barkerville: The Series (The Series) is a six-episode web series that portrays a fictionalized version of contemporary life in Barkerville Historic Town & Park. With episodes one through four already streaming on YouTube and Vimeo. “We’ve been getting a nice response from people, some of our actors have been getting recognized in town for it,” says Stewart Cawood, Manager of Public Programming and Media at the Historic Town, and one of the series’ directors. “It’s been exciting, and it’s nice to see lots of views on YouTube and Vimeo and just to see lots of great comments from people who are enjoying it.” Conversations surrounding Barkerville: The Series began around 2022, with the then CEO of the Historic Town & Park, Kate Cox, coming up with the idea, who wanted to create something with a wide reach and generate a different kind of buzz around the Historic Site. “ We spent several years planning, and getting our local writer, Danette Boucher, who’s a long-time historical interpreter here in Barkerville, to write six short scripts for us to create a small web series,”
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