Wells, B.C., a small former mining village, is just down three miles of road from Barkerville, an historic pioneer-style tourist village restored at great cost by the government of British Columbia. While Barkerville is neat and orderly, Wells is ramshackled. Casual is the word I would use to describe the building mode. We stayed at the hotel in Wells and occupied the bridal suite. Our digs were cute but eccentric, and that pretty well sums up this remote village.