Lowhee Creek
The Akrigg's write that the name was given by Dick Willoughby, who found his gold-fortune
there in 1861, in reference to a secret society at Yale University.
1. G. P. V. Akrigg and H. B. Akrigg, British Columbia Place Names (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1997), 157.
Mentions of this place in the documents
Abbott, Ivel Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke
of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 16 September 1861, CO 60:11, no. 9801, 18. Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke
of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 24 October 1861, CO 60:11, no. 10961, 94. Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke
of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 16 July 1862, CO 60:13, no. 8653, 277. Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke
of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 14 September 1863, CO 60:16, no. 10454, 152. Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke
of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 13 November 1863, CO 60:16, no. 12536, 281.
The Colonial Despatches Team.
Lowhee Creek. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871 , Edition 2.5, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria.
https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/lowhee_creek.html .
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