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Exploring the history of place names in the Windermere Valley

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Tag Archives: Alexander Hume

Forster (1)

Posted on January 19, 2022 by @inthewindermere
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Forster Creek, Mount Forster, Forster Pass

Forster certainly projected the air of a successful rancher.

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Posted in Passes, People, Rivers/Creeks | Tagged Alexander Hume, Burton City, Firlands, FIrlands Ranch, Forster Creek, Forster Pass, Frances Creek, G.B. McDermot, George James Forster, Glacier House B.C., Gordon Ranch, H.E. Forster, Harold Ernest Forster, Isaac (mine), J.A. Bangs, Jane Young, Kamloops Mining and Development Company, Lucas Steele and Bristol (Hamilton ON), Meda Hume, Medora Wardlaw Hume, Mount Forster, No 2 Creek, Peterborough Trading Company, The Selkirk (steamboat), Tilbury (mine) | 2 Replies

Frances

Posted on January 5, 2022 by @inthewindermere
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Frances Creek (flowing into Forster Creek)

Previous names: No 3 Creek

Frances Ewart Forster was just one year old when her father, Harold Ernest Forster, … requested that the Chief Geographer of the province name the creek after his daughter.

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Posted in People, Rivers/Creeks | Tagged Alexander Hume, Dora Hume, Field Yolland, Firlands, Forster Creek, Frances Creek, Frances Ewart Forster, Frances Ewart Yolland, Frances Yolland, Frank Hume, Gordon Ranch, H.E. Forster, Harold Ernest Forster, Harry Yolland, Henry Edward Cao Yolland, Jack Hume, John C Powles, Meda Hume, Medora Ann Brogden, Medora Ann Hume, Medora Wardlaw Forster, Medora Wardlaw Hume, No 2 Creek, No 3 Creek | 1 Reply

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