Hurst Creek, North Hurst Creek, Hurst Creek Road
Jack Hurst was “a versatile man, able to do all the jobs on the ranch… He played the fiddle and was a good story teller.”33
Hurst
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Tag Archives: Purcell Mountains
Paradise (2)
Paradise Mine/Paradise Ridge/Paradise Basin
The Paradise mine captured the local imagination in a way that no other mining property in the valley has quite come close to.
Paradise (1)
Paradise Mine/Paradise Ridge/Paradise Basin
“In its early days Hammond used to say it [the mine] should have been called the ‘Parasite’.” 46
Ben Abel
Ben Abel Creek (north fork of Dutch Creek), Abel Creek (into Lake Windermere), Mount Abel
“The most interesting old-timer in the valley… [Ben Abel] was a tall, handsome man about sixty years old, with a long black beard which reached to his waist and which he always rolled up and tucked inside his shirt on leaving the settlement. It was his great pride.” 54
Goldie
Goldie Creek (flows East into Windermere Lake near North end), Mount Goldie (Headwaters of Goldie Creek)
Underscoring the image of George Goldie as a cheerful and jolly individual is an undercurrent of allegations of misconduct that are never satisfactorily explained.
Pert
Pert Peak, NW of Barn Mountain
Pert Peak is another of the “steamboat mountains”, named after a vessel that was, itself, known by a number of names.
Klahowya
Klahowya Mountain, southeast of Mount Findlay
Klahowya (kla’-how-ya): standard greeting in the Chinook jargon at meeting or parting, “How do you do? Good-bye.”
Sultana
Sultana Creek, Sultana Peak
Previous Names: Michelsen/Michelson Creek
Sultana Creek gets its name from Sultana Peak, which was itself named after a short-lived group of mining claims, known as the Sultana Group, located in the early 1900s.
Lead Queen
Lead Queen Mountain (Septet Range)
Extensive development work gave the Lead Queen a reputation for being, “unquestionably one of the best developed properties in the Division.”17
Purcell
Purcell Mountains
Over sixty years after Purcell’s Range was first labeled on a map it had unexpectedly transformed into one of the major mountain ranges in British Columbia. Unfortunately, by the time this change occurred, it had become very difficult to determine where its name had come from.
In The Windermere 