The Colonial Despatches: Antler Creek

Antler Creek

Antler Creek is located in the Cariboo region, near Barkerville, British Columbia. On April 18, 1861, the British Colonist reported that the creek was named by miners who arrived there in 1860 to find a large rack of antlers on its bank.1

1. Antler Creek, BC Geographical Names Information System.

Mentions of this place in the documents

The Colonial Despatches: Cariboo Region
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 27 October 1862, CO 60:13, no. 12259, 426.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 13 November 1863, CO 60:16, no. 12536, 281.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 2 May 1861, CO 60:10, no. 5478, 233.
The Colonial Despatches: Barnston, John G.
The Colonial Despatches: Palmer
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 16 September 1861, CO 60:11, no. 9801, 18.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 16 July 1861, CO 60:10, no. 8719, 301.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 4 June 1861, CO 60:10, no. 6744, 264.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 24 October 1861, CO 60:11, no. 10961, 94.

Places in this document

Barkerville

British Columbia

Cariboo Region

The Colonial Despatches Team. Antler Creek. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/antler_creek.html.

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Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Antler Creek