The Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, or The Rockies, are part of North America's Continental Divide, which separates the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic basins; they run 4800 km from Alaska to northern Mexico, and for a number of large rivers the Rockies act as either drainage or as a source, including the Yukon, Columbia and Fraser.1

The British Columbia section of the Rockies cover a length of roughly 1200 km, from just shy of the Yukon border in the north, to the Canada-Montana state border to the south.2

1. Rocky Mountains, BC Geographical Names Information System.
2. Ibid.

Mentions of this place in the documents

North-West Territory (1825)
Palliser, Sir John
Fraser River
Glossary of terms
Rae, Doctor John
Columbia Lake
Oregon Territory, or Columbia District
Pembina River
British Columbia Overland Transit Company
Campbell, Archibald
Liard River
Tête Jaune Cache
McMicking Thomas
Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton William
British Columbia
Lyall, Doctor David
Jasper House
McKay, Joseph William
Fraser, Simon
Haynes, John Carmichael
Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Edward
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 7 September 1846, CO 305:1, no. 1074, 1.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Hawes, Benjamin 24 October 1846, CO 305:1, no. 1301, 25.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 22 January 1847, CO 305:1, no. 93, 91.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 5 March 1847, CO 305:1, no. 333, 105.
Ward, Sir Henry George to Hawes, Benjamin 5 February 1848, CO 305:1, no. 259, 299.
FitzGerald, James Edward to Merivale, Herman 14 February 1848, CO 305:1, no. 343, 501.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 4 March 1848, CO 305:1, no. 475, 153.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 4 March 1848, CO 305:1, no. 471, 145.
Merivale, Herman to Hawes, Benjamin 15 April 1848, CO 305:1, no. 851, 165.
FitzGerald, James Edward to Merivale, Herman 2 June 1848, CO 305:1, no. 1108, 525.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 9 September 1848, CO 305:1, no. 1771, 249.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 13 September 1848, CO 305:1, no. 1786, 261.
Foreign Office to [Recipient not known.] 1849, CO 305:1, 635.
Blanshard, Governor Richard to Grey, Third Earl Henry George 1849, CO 305:2, 1.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 4 February 1852, CO 305:3, no. 1128, 429.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Pakington, Captain John Somerset 26 March 1852, CO 305:3, no. 2534, 438.
Nicolay, C. G. to Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart John Otway O'Conner 14 May 1852, CO 305:3, no. 4255, 546.
Holloway, H. to Pakington, Captain John Somerset 9 June 1852, CO 305:3, no. 5223, 528.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Grey, Third Earl Henry George 25 June 1852, CO 305:3, no. 9099, 118.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 27 September 1852, CO 305:3, no. 8866, 269.
Boys, Reverend Thomas to Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart John Otway O'Conner 11 October 1852, CO 305:3, no. 9263, 495.
[Sender not known.] to Grey, Right Honorable Second Baronet Sir George 28 December 1854, CO 305:5, no. 6, 184.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Molesworth, Sir William 8 November 1855, CO 305:6, no. 380, 152.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 29 June 1857, CO 305:8, no. 8654, 77.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 29 December 1857, CO 305:8, no. 2084, 271.
Law Officers to Colonial Office 1858, CO 6:26, no. 5060, 2A.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Labouchere, Henry 5 March 1858, CO 60:1, no. 4567, 2.
Shaw, Norton to Merivale, Herman 18 March 1858, CO 6:26, no. 2680, 246.
Easterby, Captain Anthony Y. to Carnarvon, Earl 18 May 1858, CO 305:9, no. 6127, 574.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 10 June 1858, CO 60:1, no. 7828, 29.
[Sender not known.] to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 18 June 1858, CO 6:26, no. 5898, 3.
Cooper, James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 19 June 1858, CO 6:27, no. 5913, 264.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 31 July 1858, CO 410:1, 147.
Chesson, Frederick William to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 10 August 1858, CO 6:26, no. 8016, 295.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 12 August 1858, CO 6:26, no. 8056, 463.
Miles, John to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 18 August 1858, CO 6:28, no. 9205, 320.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 23 September 1858, CO 60:2, no. 9790, 143.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 26 October 1858, CO 60:1, no. 12724, 245.
Harding, John D. to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 10 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12681, 129.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 12 January 1859, CO 6:30, no. 1395, 471.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 21 January 1859, CO 60:4, no. 2740, 79.
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 31 January 1859, CO 6:30, no. 1127, 299.
Cumming, Andrew to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 1 March 1859, CO 60:6, no. 2491, 25.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 31 May 1859, CO 60:4, no. 7332, 411.
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton to Merivale, Herman 29 August 1859, CO 60:5, no. 8634, 530.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 18 October 1859, CO 60:5, no. 12499, 174.
Berens, Henry Hulse to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 16 January 1860, CO 305:15, no. 533, 348.
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton and Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic to Merivale, Herman 7 February 1860, CO 60:9, no. 1299, 58.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 22 March 1860, CO 60:7, no. 4815, 166.
Pemberton, Joseph Despard to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 11 August 1860, CO 305:15, no. 8026, 650.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 4 April 1861, CO 305:17, no. 4781, 142.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 14 July 1861, CO 305:17, no. 7946, 286.
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton and Walcott, Stephen to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 28 December 1861, CO 305:18, no. 11603, 226.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 21 January 1862, CO 60:13, no. 2623, 9.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 15 April 1862, CO 60:13, no. 5571, 149.
Tindall, Robert to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 25 April 1862, CO 60:14, no. 4165, 504.
Henson, James to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 21 May 1862, CO 60:14, no. 5148, 90.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 9 July 1862, CO 60:13, no. 8832, 269.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 27 October 1862, CO 60:13, no. 12259, 426.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 17 November 1862, CO 60:13, no. 437, 522.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 4 December 1862, CO 60:13, no. 1016, 556.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 15 December 1862, CO 60:13, no. 1623, 581.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 14 May 1863, CO 60:15, no. 6336, 288.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 20 July 1863, CO 305:20, no. 8614, 250.
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 14 March 1864, CO 305:22, no. 6038, 65.
Head, Sir Edmund Walker to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 14 May 1864, CO 305:24, no. 4601, 187.
Cardwell, Edward to Seymour, Governor Frederick 1 June 1864, NAC RG7:G8C/11, 100.
Head, Sir Edmund Walker to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 7 June 1864, CO 60:20, no. 5267, 117.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 31 August 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10594, 95.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 9 September 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10601, 149.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 28 September 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10953, 292.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 7 October 1864, CO 60:19, no. 10958, 317.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 24 November 1864, CO 60:19, no. 1375, 395.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 25 November 1864, CO 60:19, no. 1376, 404.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 26 November 1864, CO 60:19, no. 1377, 422.
Head, Sir Edmund Walker to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 12 December 1864, CO 60:20, no. 11412, 129.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 21 March 1865, CO 305:25, no. 4620, 198.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 21 March 1865, CO 60:21, no. 6176, 199.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 29 April 1865, CO 60:21, no. 6182, 317.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 2 May 1865, CO 60:21, no. 6396, 383.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 16 May 1865, CO 60:21, no. 6411, 481.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 18 May 1865, CO 60:21, no. 6415, 505.
Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 14 July 1865, CO 305:27, no. 6760, 206.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 2 November 1865, CO 60:23, no. 10701, 334.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Cardwell, Edward 17 February 1866, CO 60:26, no. 1914, 331.
Birch, Arthur Nonus to Cardwell, Edward 2 March 1866, CO 60:24, no. 4647, 71.
Cardwell, Edward to Birch, Arthur Nonus 19 May 1866, NAC RG7:G8C/13, 207.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 26 June 1866, CO 305:28, no. 7609, 499.
Kennedy, Arthur to Cardwell, Edward 3 September 1866, CO 305:29, no. 10225, 159.
Bennison, R. S. to Cardwell, Edward 11 December 1866, CO 60:26, no. 157, 247.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Carnarvon, Earl 22 April 1867, CO 60:28, no. 5799, 102.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 16 August 1867, CO 60:28, no. 9639, 337.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 24 September 1867, CO 60:29, no. 10906, 188.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 22 November 1867, CO 60:29, no. 1204, 366.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 17 March 1868, CO 60:32, no. 6271, 110.
Rae, Doctor John to Grenville, Richard 27 March 1868, CO 60:34, no. 3058, 513.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 2 April 1868, CO 60:32, no. 6298, 187.
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Governor Frederick 14 April 1868, NAC RG7:G8C/15, 89.
Seymour, Governor Frederick to Grenville, Richard 5 June 1868, CO 60:32, no. 7718, 470.

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Colonial Despatches

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

The Rocky Mountains