Cottonwood, British Columbia

Cottonwood
Cottonwood House
Cottonwood
Location of Cottonwood in British Columbia
Coordinates: 53°03′00″N 122°09′15″W / 53.05000°N 122.15417°W / 53.05000; -122.15417
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
Area codes250, 778

Cottonwood, including the Cottonwood Ranch and Cottonwood House, is an unincorporated settlement in the North Cariboo region of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Originally a ranch, it is located in the northern Cariboo Plateau, 8 km northwest of Coldspring House. It is at the confluence of the Swift River and Lightning Creek, which is the beginning of the Cottonwood River. Lightning Creek was one of the more famous gold-bearing creeks of the Cariboo Gold Rush.