Snowshoe Creek

In this despatch from 1862, Douglas mentions a Snow Shoe River, Carribou District, and to confuse matters of its exact location, BCGNIS lists four “Snowshoe Creeks”, two of which are in the Cariboo region in south-central British Columbia.1

Likely, it is the one that flows south into Keithly Creek,2 as this is nearest another feature Douglas mentions in this despatch from 1863: Snow Shoe Mountain, which is likely on or near present-day Snowshoe Plateau, or a lump term for all the summits of that massif.3

These features mentioned by Douglas were of mining interests for their rich specimens of Auriferous Quartz.

1. Snowshoe Creek, BC Geographical Names Information System; Snowshoe Creek [flows into Fraser River], BC Geographical Names Information System.
2. Snowshoe Creek, BC Geographical Names Information System.
3. Snowshoe Plateau, BC Geographical Names Information System.

Mentions of this place in the documents

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.

People in this document

Douglas, James

Places in this document

British Columbia

Cariboo Region

Fraser River

Colonial Despatches

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

Snowshoe Creek