Hawke Road
“The road we had come over was scarcely a road… it was climb, climb, climb… and then down, down a steep hill, car in low, single track road absolutely a shelf on the side of the mountain miles long.”43
Hawke
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Thorold
Thorold Creek, flowing into Brewer Creek
“If we only had a few more men we could play polo, as here it would be quite an inexpensive game and well within the reach of those with only moderate means.”48
Windermere (2)
Windermere Townsite, Windermere District, Windermere Lake
Windermere, “claims justly, that there is no more beautiful townsite on earth than her own. She is modest about it, is Windermere, and she never institutes comparisons which are invariably odious.”53
Windermere (1)
Windermere Townsite, Windermere District, Windermere Lake
“Windermere [was] a magnet for land speculation by government officials.”
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Brady
Brady Creek (flowing into Windermere Lake)
James Brady’s skill at attracting investment for mining properties far outweighed his ability to assess those properties for their mineral wealth.
Black Diamond
Black Diamond Mountain (head of Delphine and Farnham Creeks)
It could be that the naming of the mountain and the mine was a serendipitous case of separate parties deciding on the same name for separate features in a similar area.
Firlands
Firlands Ranch, East Firlands (train station, 1914-1933), Firland Close (Radium Hot Springs)
The name “Firlands” first appears in print in early June 1899.51 The reason for choosing the name is unknown.
Forster (2)
Mt Forster, Forster Creek, Forster Pass
Even today it is assumed that Sylvester is guilty of Forster’s death. Legally speaking, he is not.
Forster (1)
Forster Creek, Mount Forster, Forster Pass
Forster certainly projected the air of a successful rancher.
In The Windermere 