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Coal and petroleum land prospect notices flood Skeena district
The Prince Rupert daily records multiple notices by Victoria and Vancouver residents seeking permission to prospect coal and petroleum across numerous plots in the Skeena Land District near Queen Charlotte Islands. Names include Albert Scott Lock Robert Dowswell George Kerr George Kerr Marshall John Wesley Connell and others with dates in February 1915, detailing starting points and compass boundaries for each claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skeena
Queen Charlotte Islands
Albert Scott Lock
Victoria, B. C
Sheena
Robert Dowswell
Victoria
B. C
Connell River
Burgess Bay
Port Channel
J. W. Connell
Sire
Prince Queen Charlotte Islands
Rupert
George W
Canada
Kerr
Prince Rupert
United Kingdom
United States
Coil
West River
George Kirklam Marshall
Vancouver
Steele Creek
George Kirkham Marshall
George V
George W. Kerr
Robert McKenzie Burgess
Barber
Kiokathla Inlet
Robert Meyer
Burgess
W. Connell
Skeena Land District
Robert MciKenzie Burgess
Rh. C
Joccupation
Rennals Sound
Johm Wesley
Gonnell
Port 1
John Wesley Connell
Harry McMann
Carpenter
Andrews River
Victory Bay
Seai Inlet
Thomas P O'Parrell
Thomas P. O’farrell
Vreemen’s Island
Joan Wesley Connell
Freemen's Island
John Whiley Connell
Istrict
William John Brown Bookey
Freeman's Island
William John Grown Bookey
Maria Bay
Lillian Hall Kirkley
B.C
Stewart Graham Campbell
Bungess Bay
George Pallmer Might
Seattle
Wash
Ozard Bay
iSkeena
Graham Island