The Colonial Despatches: Lightning Creek

Lightning Creek

Lightning Creek flows west into Cottonwood River in the Cariboo Land District.1 It was claimed to have produced 900 ounces of Gold in one day, as seen in this despatch.

1. Lightning Creek, BC Geographical Names Information System.

Mentions of this place in the documents

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 13 August 1862, CO 60:13, no. 9898, 378.
Leveson-Gower, Granville George to Musgrave, Sir Anthony 4 December 1869, NAC :, 440.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 24 October 1861, CO 60:11, no. 10961, 94.
The Colonial Despatches: Anderson Tributary

Places in this document

Cariboo Region

The Colonial Despatches Team. Lightning 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/lightning_creek.html.

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Colonial Despatches

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

Lightning Creek