The Colonial Despatches: Van Winkle Flat

Van Winkle Flat

Van Winkle Flat, a low, flat bar, is located on the west side of the Fraser River, just northwest of Lytton.1 According to this despatch, from 1861, Melodry and three other natives of Ireland who came to this Colony in the year 1858 mined the Flat for a very handsome income.

1. Van Winkle Flat, 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.
The Colonial Despatches: Melodey
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 9 October 1860, CO 60:8, no. 11678, 196.
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 14 September 1863, CO 60:16, no. 10454, 152.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 26 November 1864, CO 60:19, no. 1377, 422.

People in this document

Melodey

Places in this document

Fraser River

Lytton

The Colonial Despatches Team. Van Winkle Flat. 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/van_winkle_flat.html.

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Colonial Despatches

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

Van Winkle Flat