Windermere Townsite, Windermere District, Windermere Lake
“Windermere [was] a magnet for land speculation by government officials.”
Windermere (1)
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Giant Mine (2)
Giant Road
Giant Mine, Silver Giant Mine, Giant Mascot Mine
“There is nothing today to encourage anyone but a born gambler to take the chance [on developing the property], and everything to discourage anyone to do this.”58
Hyak
Hyak Mountain, located South of Toby Creek in the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park
Hyak (hy’-ak): from the Chinook Jargon language meaning swift, fast, quickly, hurry, make haste.
Duchess
Duchess Peak (West of the head of Findlay Creek in the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy)
The first Duchess was sixty feet long with cabin accommodation for eight and an ability to carry forty tons of freight. She was flat bottomed, and could “get along… where there was a heavy dew, or if the ground was a little damp.”
In The Windermere 