Skookumchuck valley boomed for irrigation and power
The article surveys Skookumchuck in the Selkirks, noting hot springs at the forks, plans to divert water for a canal to irrigate East Kootenay lands, and a 600 horsepower hydroelectric development. It describes mill work, land division into bench and bottom lands, potential farms for settlers, and anticipated railway and road links with harvests of timber, game, and fruit prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skookumchuck
Selkirks
Hraulic
Kootenay
Sheep Creek
Kootehay
James Fowler
Thomas Boyter
Skookumehuck
King
University of Wisconsin
Kootenays
East Kootenay
West Kootenay
Central
Upper Columbia
Lost mines and memories in East Kootenay mining lore
A chaotic excerpt recalls manganese nickel copper and iron ore across a wide area toward Findlay and Copper Creek. It weaves in Father De Siet and Silvie Cross, a mission journal about silver ore, and a wooden cross. It mentions old prospectors, lost tales, grave sites, and eerie legends around Windermere and Kootenay Lake with various colorful anecdotes about mining partnerships and proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Copper Creek
U East Kootenay
Mance
Father de Siet
Columbia Lakes
White Ren
Cherry Creek
Bret Dart
Thery
Wolf Creek
Iit
Grave Lake
Isidore
Mlachtech
Kootenays
Windermere
Que
Alont
Skookumebue
Kootenay Lake
Jrenly
Mineral Aut. Form Certificate of Improvements Notice
Notice by J G Cummings agent for Hooker and Weight that sixty days from Sept 15 1909 an application for Certificates of Improvements will be filed for Reno and Juno mineral claims in Fort Steele division East Kootenay on St. Marys River West Fork to obtain Crown Grant. Action under section 37 must begin before certificate issuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skookumehuck
Findlay Creek
Perry Creek
Reno and
JUNO
Fort Steele
East Kootenay
Joh G Cummings
F.M.C
J. C. Hooker
M. C
Joseph H. Weight
Heili
Dominion Lands open for homesteading in Railway Belt BC
Dominion Lands in British Columbia’s Railway Belt are open to homesteaders who are sole heads of families or male over 18, up to 160 acres. Entry must be in person at the local land office with proxy rules for relatives. Plans require six months of annual residence or farming arrangements with a nearby farm or own farm. Six months’ notice to Ottawa is required. Coal rights may be leased for 21 years at $1 per acre, with a five cent royalty per ton of merchantable coal. Deputy W. W. Cory of the Interior Dept. signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Railway Belt
British Columbia
Commissioner of Dominion Lands
Ottawa
W. W. Cory
Interior
Land Registry Office
City of
Cranbrook
C. Li
B C
Cranbrook electors warned of January 10 mayor aldermen poll
Notice to Cranbrook electors for January 10 at 12 noon in Council Chambers Baker Street to nominate Mayor and Aldermen and School Trustees. Nomination must be in writing by two voters and delivered to Returning Officer by nomination day. If a poll is needed it opens January 12 at the Cranbrook Council Chambers. Eligibility criteria for Mayor Alderman and School Trustee are stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Cranbrook
He Council
Baker Street
Minitcipal Council
Cranbrook City
Council
WH. C
Land Registry Office
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Survey of Canada
Department of Agriculture
CPR
C.N.P
Prairies
Hungerford
Canal Flats
Lower Bench Land
Central Kootenay
Upper Bench Land
ST. Mary's River
J. G. Cummings
Corporation OF the City OF
Beale & Elwell
DE Vere Hunt
Vee Life and
Othee
W. St
Joe Marapodi
W. F. Gurd
Cranbrook,british Columbia
E. Bent
F.E. Corrison Hanemaster City Band
Cranbrook, B.C
H.C
Salmon
Miss Mabel Wellman
Piagist
Gabreille Mollet
Winnipeg
Thone
Pho
Helena Harrison
Certted Stude
Toronto Conservatory of Music
Gertrude Jones Manist
DRS
King & Green
Resd
Armstrong Ave
B. C
F. B. Miles
Two &Pm
New Reid Block
B.C
B.C. Land Surveyors
McVittie & Parker Cranbrook and
Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyors
J. T. Laidlaw
F. C. Swannell
Robertson
Swannell & Robertson
British Columbia Land Surveyors
P.O. Drawer
Victoria, B.C
J. W. Rutledge
Ontario Veterinary College
Toronto
McKillip’s
Veterinary College
Chicago
Manitoba
Cranbrook Hotel
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