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Antler Creek |
Antler Creek - Cariboo
Mining District: Named
by John Rose, McDonald "Doc" Keithley and George Warner, the first
placer miners on the creek in 1860, who found a large rack of
antlers on its bank. Antler Creek Flows N past Barkerville, then NE into Bowron River. Latitude-Longitude at the mouth: 53°15'30''N, 121°24'39''W Datum: NAD 83 NTS Map: 93H/6 Related Maps: 93A/14 - 93H/3 - 93H/6 |
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Baker Creek |
Baker Creek - Quesnel
Mining District: Named after Auguste Boulanger, who
took up land in this area in May 1903 and in 1910 & 1911 operated
the government ferry which ran across the Fraser River at Quesnel.
After his arrival, M.Boulanger anglicized his name to August Baker,
and was known locally as "Augie" Baker. Baker Creek flows east into Fraser River at Quesnel Latitude-Longitude at the mouth: 52°58'22''N, 122°30'11''W Datum: NAD 83 NTS Map: 93B/15 Related Maps: 93B/11 - 93B/14 - 93B/15 |
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Bedwell River |
Bedwell River - West Coast of Vancouver
Island Mining Division later change to Clayoquot Mining Division.
The name Bedwell River was adopted 10 July 1923, as labeled on BC
map 2A, 1920 et seq, in association with Bedwell Sound; not "Bear
River" as labeled on British Admiralty Chart 584, 1863 et seq, and
as identified in the 1909 BC Gazetteer. Bedwell River flows SW into head of Bedwell Sound, N of Tofino Latitude-Longitude at the mouth: 49°21'51''N, 125°46'36''W Datum: NAD 83 NTS Map: 92F/5 |
| Carnes Creek | Carnes Creek -
Revelstoke Mining District: Named after Henry
Carnes, who along with William Downie, Nelson de Mars, Louis Bee, and Steve Liberty took
four boats from Fort Colville and ascended the Columbia River in
1865; they first discovered gold on Carnes Creek but richer finds
were made on French Creek in August that same year. Carnes Creek flows West into Lake Revelstoke, South of Downie Creek Latitude-Longitude at the mouth: 51°17'44''N, 118°16'26''W Datum: NAD83 NTS Map: 82M/8 Related Maps: 82L/ - 82N/5
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| Cherry Creek |
Cherry Creek -
Okanagan Mining District: One of six [ Cherry
Creek's ] listed by the British Columbia Geographical Names Office.
This Cherry Creek has been identified in the British Columbia
Ministry of Mines Reports since 1874. Cherry Creek flows West in the Shuswap River below Sugar Lake, East of Vernon. Latitude-Longitude at the mouth: 50°15'31''N, 118°38'14''W Datum: NAD83 NTS Map: 82L/7 Related Maps: 82L/7 - 82L/8 |
| China Creek |
China Creek - Alberni Mining District:
Named for the Chinese who operated a store near the mouth of the
creek. China Creek flows South West into Alberi Inlet. Latitude-Longitude at the mouth: 49°09'10''N, 124°47'25''W Datum: NAD83 NTS Map: 92F/2 |
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Deadman River [a.k.a. Deadman's Creek] |
Deadman River - Kamloops
Mining District:
In
1817 Pierre Charette, Nor'wester, was killed by his traveling
companion in a quarrel over the campsite. In 1828 McDonald named it
Chivrette River, and in 1835 Black used Knife River, but it soon
achieved its present designation. The Shuswap name had
been Hai in wohl, meaning a "circle or detour". Deadman River flows South into the Thompson River just West of Kamloops Lake. Latitude - Longitude at the mouth: 50°44'39''N, 120°55'07''W. Datum: NAD83. NTS Map: 92I/10. Related Maps: 92I/10 - 92I/15 - 92P/1 - 92P/2. |
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Gun Creek |
Gun Creek - Lillooet Mining Division:
Gun
Creek flows SE. into Carpenter Lake. Latitude - Longitude at the mouth: 50º53'30"N, 122°46'23"W Datum: NAD83 NTS Map: 92J/15 Related Maps: 92J/14 - 92J/15 - 920/3 |
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Horse Creek |
Horse Creek - Atlin Mining Division: Horse
Creek flows West into Surprise Lake. Latitude - Longitude at the mouth: 59º41'49"N, 133°11'50"W Datum: NAD83 NTS Map: 104N/11 Related Maps: 104N - 104N/11 |
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Jamieson Creek |
Jamieson Creek -
Kamloops Mining District: Jamieson Creek flows
Southeast into the North Thompson River, North of Kamloops. Latitude - Longitude at the mouth: 50°52'46''N, 120°15'46''W Datum: NAD83 NTS Map: 92I/16 Related Maps: 92I/16 - 92P/1 |
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Leech River |
Leech River -
Victoria Mining Division:
Flows E into Sooke River below Sooke Lake, Malahat Land District Latitude - Longitude at the mouth: 48°29'39''N, 123°42'44''W. Datum: NAD83. NTS Map: 92I/4. Related Maps: 92B/12 - 92B/5 |
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Lemon Creek |
Lemon Creek -
Slocan City Mining Division:
Flows West into Slocan River. Kootenay Land District Latitude - Longitude at the mouth: 49°42'24''N, 117°29'33''W. Datum: NAD83. NTS Map: 82F/11. |
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Log Creek |
Log Creek - Yale Mining District:
Log Creek flows Southeast into the Nahatlatch River on the West
side of the Fraser River. Latitude - Longitude at the mouth: 50°00'37''N, 121°38'21''W. Datum: NAD83. NTS Map: 92I/4. |
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Mission Creek |
Mission Creek - Osoyoos Mining
District: Named after the Okanagan Mission established by Father Pierre
Richard, Father Charles Marie Pandosy and Brother Surel, of the
Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The Mission was established
in 1859 at the south end of Duck Lake (now Ellison Lake) but was
moved the following year to this creek, then known as Riviere de
l'Anse au Sable, "Sandy Cove River". The Okanagan name of the creek,
N'wha-kwi-sen, means "smoothing stones" Mission Creek flows West into Okanagan Lake just South of Kelowna. Latitude - Longitude at the mouth: 49°50'33''N, 119°29'37''W. Datum: NAD83. NTS Map: 82E/14. Related Maps: 82E/14 - 82E/15 - 82L/2. |
| Nigger Creek |
Nigger Creek - Kootenay
Mining District: Nigger Creek flows Southeast then
North into Negro Lake. North side of Moyie River, Southwest of
Cranbrook.
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Quartz Creek - Golden Mining Division:
Flows NW. into Columbia Reach, KinbasketLake,
Kootenay Land District Latitude - Longitude at the mouth: 51°31'02''N, 117°24'14''W Datum: NAD83 NTS Map: 82N/11 Related Maps: 82N/11 - 82N/6 Play Video |
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Siwash Creek - Similkameen - |
Siwash Creek - Similkameen Mining District:
Flows South into Hayes Creek. Latitude - Longitude at the mouth: 49°39'40''N, 120°20'08''W Datum: NAD83 NTS Map: 92H/9 |
| Sowaqua Creek |
Sowaqua Creek - Yale Mining District: - Sowqua Creek flows
Northwest into the Coquihalla River. Northeast of Hope. Latitude - Longitude at the mouth: 49°26'38''N, 121°16'11''W Datum: NAD83 NTS Map: 92H/6 |
| Squaw Creek | Squaw
Creek - Atlin Mining Division:
Squaw Creek flows North
across the B.C.-Yukon boundary into the Tatshenshini River Latitude - Longitude at the mouth: 60°00'00"N, 137°07'00"W Datum: NAD27 NTS Map: 114P/14 Play Video |
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Wright Creek |
Wright Creek - Atlin Mining Division:
Wright Creek flows North into Surprise Lake, East of Otter Lake,
Cassiar Land District. Latitude - Longitude at the mouth: 59º30'25"N, 133º21'24"W Datum: NAD83 NTS Map: 104N/11 Related Maps: 104N - 104N/11 |
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Granite City - Lost Platinum Cache |
Jackass Mountain's Crevice of Gold | Pitt Lake -
Lost Gold Deposit |
Siwash Creek's Lost Gold | Yale's Golden Root
Granite City - Lost Platinum Cache
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A brief
representation of the mining history of Granite Creek and Granite
City in relationship to the Legend of the Lost Platinum Cache of
Granite City. Play Video |
Jackass Mountain's Crevice of Gold
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The Legend of the
native massacre of miners near the summit of the old Upper Trail on
Jackass Mountain. The miners, all of their possessions,
including 4 large sacks of gold were hidden in a crevice near the
location of the battle. |
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G.S. "Stu" Brown found the Legendary Pitt Lake Lost Gold Deposit in the early 1970's. He estimated the gold i the hidden creek to be worth billions of dollars. This is part 1 of selected audio clips from a 1989 conversation between Stu Brown and Rob Nicholson . |
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G.S. "Stu" Brown found the Legendary Pitt Lake Lost Gold Deposit in the early 1970's. He estimated the gold i the hidden creek to be worth billions of dollars. This is part 2 of selected audio clips from a 1989 conversation between Stu Brown and Rob Nicholson . |
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G.S. "Stu" Brown found the Legendary Pitt Lake Lost Gold Deposit in the early 1970's. He estimated the gold i the hidden creek to be worth billions of dollars. This is part 3 of selected audio clips from a 1989 conversation between Stu Brown and Rob Nicholson . |
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For several years in the late
1980's, Rob Nicholson researched the Legend of
the Pitt Lake Lost Gold Deposit. In this
video he identifies the location of R.A.
"Volcanic" Brown's cabin as well as the location
of an old Stone Oven he found in the same area
Brown's last camp was located. Play Video |
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For several years in the late
1980's, Rob Nicholson researched the Legend of
the Pitt Lake Lost Gold Deposit. In this
video he presents a brief history of Walter
Jackson and his 1901 discovery of the elusive
Gold Deposit along with a short video of what he
believe to be Jackson's Tent Shaped Rock. Play Video |
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2003 Movie Trailer filmed by the German Film Company Mineworks Films. During their aerial filming they captured a very unusual geographical anomaly. Click on photo to see the geological anomaly. |
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Two young miners working at Siwash Creek, near Yale, B.C., ventured out to do their own prospecting. They found small but very rich placer stream somewhere beyond the headwaters of Siwash Creek. They were unable to relocate the stream after they came out for supplies. Other miners also searched the ares and could not locate the small stream. Old Spanish Artifacts were found somewhere between the Fraser River and the Coquihalla River. |
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The Legend of a
fortune in Gold Hidden Under the Root of a Tree
Overlooking Yale, B.C. |
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Mysterious and
Unexplained Claw Marks on a Tree in an Area Void of Life
between Glacier Lake and Stave Glacier. |
Gold Fever Gord
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Light
Humor For All Prospectors - 1 How To Deal With A Problem Bear Without Wasting Precious Ammunition Play Video |
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Light Humor For All Prospectors - 2 If You Think It's A Bear Climb A Tree Play Video |
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Light
Humor For All Prospectors - 3 When In Doubt - Attack!! Play Video |
Lytton Geoglyphs
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The Mysterious
Anomaly at Lytton, B.C., that can only be seen from a highly
elevated position, similar to the Nazca Lines in Peru. Play Video |
The Mystery of the Lost Silver Bars of Slocan Lake
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Jim Semeniuk discusses his fathers discovery of the submerged C.P.R. Box Car that were supposed to contain the Lost Silver Bars of Slocan Lake. The discovery was made with the assistance of renowned B.C. Mineral Dowser, Mundie McRea.
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Sasquatch
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On June the 30th 1884, a southbound C.P.R. train crew and several passengers captured a Gorilla Type Creature 20 miles north of Yale, B.C. The Creature is believed to have been an immature Sasquatch. Identified in the newspaper as 'Jacko', local residents of Yale did and still do refer to the Creature as 'Jocko', so we used the name 'Jocko' in our video. |