The Colonial Despatches: Pemberton

Pemberton

The town of Pemberon is located at the north end of Lillooet Lake. According to BCGNIS, Pemberton was originally referred to as Port Pemberton, named after Surveyor-General Pemberton.1

In this despatch, Douglas states that the only route into Pemberton was a 34 mile horse-way from Anderson Lake that was built in 1858.

1. Pemberton, 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 26 January 1861, CO 60:10, no. 2752, 21.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 9 October 1860, CO 60:8, no. 11678, 196.

People in this document

Douglas, Sir James

Pemberton, Joseph Despard

Places in this document

Anderson Lake

Lillooet Lake

The Colonial Despatches Team. Pemberton. 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/pemberton.html.

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Colonial Despatches

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

Pemberton