Ke-que-loose is the name of an Indigenous village located in interior
British Columbia. According to a despatch between
Governor Douglas and
Lord Stanley, the Similk-ameen trail leads to
Tqua-yowm, a
populous village
located approximately 10 kilometers above Ke-que-loose at the mouth of
Anderson's River. The old Indigenous village of Ke-que-loose was located on the east side of the
Fraser River, off of the old Alexandra Bridge.
Alexander Caulfield Anderson reached Ke-que-loose on
4 June 1847 during a mapping expedition. On
Anderson's “
1848 Brigade Trail” to
Kamloops, they avoided the Black Canyon and
other horrors
by heading northeast towards Ke-que-loose. Today this area is designated as
Chapman's Bar IR10.