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Map of British Columbia Gold Fields and Related Places

map of British Columbia

Annotated by the BC Black History Awareness Society

The map highlights
• McDame Creek in Northern BC named after Henry McDame (circa 1859)
• Giscome Portage Trail named after John Robert Giscome (circa 1863)
• Barkerville which was the centre of the Cariboo Gold Rush (1861-1867)
• Williams Creek is the sight of the claim dispute (1862 to 1866) between the all-white Aurora Company and the bi-racial Davis Company.
• Leechtown,west of Victoria on Vancouver Island is the site of a short-lived (1864) gold find on Vancouver Island.
• The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, beginning in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 kilometres (854 miles), into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver.