▁R ush ▁is ▁as ▁much ▁about ▁the ▁effort ▁to ▁get ▁there ▁– ▁as ▁with ▁all ▁British ▁Columbia ▁gold ▁r ush es ▁– ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁about ▁the ▁r ush ▁itself , ▁which ▁was ▁mod est ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁ear nings ▁in ▁comparison ▁to ▁the ▁F ras er ▁and ▁Car ib oo , ▁or ▁to ▁the ▁later ▁silver ▁and ▁gal ena ▁r ush es ▁just ▁south ▁in ▁the ▁S loc an , ▁West ▁K oot en ay ▁and ▁B ound ary ▁District s . ▁When ▁the ▁r ush ▁was ▁discovered , ▁the ▁upper ▁Columbia ▁was ▁extremely ▁remote ▁from ▁any ▁form ▁of ▁non - First ▁Nations ▁civil ization ▁in ▁that ▁period , ▁although ▁some ▁who ▁reached ▁the ▁Big ▁B end ▁r ush ▁came ▁over land ▁up ▁the ▁Rock y ▁Mountain ▁T rench ▁from ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁Mont ana , ▁or ▁via ▁Washington ▁Territ ory ▁up ▁the ▁Columbia ▁River ▁itself . ▁ ▁Im poss ibly ▁far ▁from ▁the ▁F ras er , ▁which ▁was ▁itself ▁very ▁remote ▁and ▁difficult ▁to ▁get ▁to ▁from ▁Victoria , ▁or ▁from ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁various ▁routes ▁into ▁this ▁area , ▁as ▁men ▁had ▁f anned ▁out ▁over ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁British ▁Columbia ▁and ▁ad jo ining ▁US ▁territ ories ▁in ▁the ▁w ake ▁of ▁the ▁F ras er ▁Gold ▁R ush ▁and ▁had ▁heard ▁news ▁of ▁the ▁r ush ▁from ▁all ▁directions . ▁ ▁The ▁Columbia ▁route ▁was ▁mostly ▁navig able ▁and ▁many ▁came ▁via ▁that ▁route . ▁ ▁Reg ular ▁steam bo at