The Colonial Despatches: Williams Creek

Williams Creek

Williams Creek is located just north of the community of Wells, which is roughly five km northwest of the historic mining town of Barkerville, in south-central British Columbia.

In this 1861 report on gold in the Cariboo, Douglas notes that Thomas Brown, an American citizen, claims the honour of having discovered and taken up the first mining claim on William's Creek.

Mentions of this place in the documents

The Colonial Despatches: Adams, John R.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 27 October 1862, CO 60:13, no. 12259, 426.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 19 May 1865, CO 60:21, no. 6416, 519.
The Colonial Despatches: Cunningham, William Wallace
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 16 August 1867, CO 60:28, no. 9638, 331.
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Governor Frederick 26 June 1868, NAC :, 223.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 20 May 1865, CO 60:21, no. 6417, 527.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 24 March 1865, CO 60:21, no. 6179, 247.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 13 November 1863, CO 60:16, no. 12536, 281.
Birch, Arthur Nonus to Carnarvon, Earl 27 September 1866, CO 60:25, no. 10626, 71.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 18 May 1863, CO 60:15, no. 6927, 299.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 9 September 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10602, 190.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 2 February 1863, CO 60:15, no. 3136, 66.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 8 October 1864, CO 305:23, no. 10964, 325.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 17 August 1866, CO 60:26, no. 8013, 424.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 17 February 1866, CO 60:26, no. 1914, 331.
Musgrave, Sir Anthony to Leveson-Gower, Granville George 15 October 1869, CO 60:36, no. 12813, 364.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 13 May 1862, CO 60:13, no. 6357, 199.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 2 May 1865, CO 60:21, no. 6396, 383.
The Colonial Despatches: Garrett, Reverend Alexander Charles
Birch, Arthur Nonus to Cardwell, Edward 2 April 1866, CO 60:24, no. 5775, 196.
The Colonial Despatches: Barkerville
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 17 March 1868, CO 60:32, no. 6271, 110.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 30 September 1868, CO 60:33, no. 13646, 415.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 11 April 1864, CO 60:18, no. 5068, 157.
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Governor Frederick 10 January 1868, NAC :, 1.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 2 July 1863, CO 60:16, no. 8065, 17.
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.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 4 December 1862, CO 60:13, no. 1016, 556.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 22 May 1865, CO 60:21, no. 6421, 567.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 14 September 1863, CO 60:16, no. 10454, 152.
The Colonial Despatches: McCollums Gulch
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 18 March 1868, CO 60:32, no. 6293, 141.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 3 February 1863, CO 60:15, no. 3138, 129.
Begbie, Matthew Baillie to Begbie Junior, Thomas Stirling 8 July 1867, CO 60:31, no. 10521, 199.
The Colonial Despatches: Anderson Tributary

People in this document

Brown, Thomas

Douglas, Sir James

Places in this document

Barkerville

British Columbia

Cariboo Region

The Colonial Despatches Team. Williams 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/williams_creek.html.

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Colonial Despatches

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

Williams Creek