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6 unusual facts about Lillooet


Thomas Waterland

He represented Yale-Lillooet in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1976 to 1986 as a Social Credit member.

Yale-Lillooet

The riding is largely rural and wilderness in character despite its proximity to the Lower Mainland, it spans the Bridge River-Lillooet, Ashcroft-Thompson Canyon, Fraser Canyon, Nicola and Similkameen Districts.

All reserves and local bands of the Nlaka'pamux and Nicola First Nations are included within the riding, as well as those of the Upper St'at'imc and the upriver Sto:lo around Hope and Yale.

Many of the electorate are scattered through smaller communities throughout the region, particularly on Indian Reserves and in recreational property areas of the Bridge River Country, the Nicola-Similkameen and the Fraser Canyon.

Yale-Lillooet was last contested in the 2005 General Election; in 2009 it was largely replaced by Fraser-Nicola, with the Fraser Canyon portions in the southwest transferred to Chilliwack-Hope and the town of Keremeos in the extreme southeast transferred to Boundary-Similkameen.

Since creation its shape has remained relatively unchanged despite some minor boundary adjustments, with (e.g.) Ashcroft-Cache Creek joining Cariboo South in some elections and the Similkameen area joined to one of the Okanagan ridings.


Alouette River

The Alouette River was known as the Lillooet River until 1914, at which time its name was changed to avoid confusion with the much larger Lillooet River.

Breakenridge

Mount Breakenridge, 2,395 m (7,858 ft), is a mountain in the Lillooet Ranges of southwestern British Columbia.

Cayoosh Creek

A store was also located in this area, operated by Dan Hurley, a Lillooet rancher and hotelier, as this was the route of the wagon road from the foot of Seton Lake, the last water leg of the Douglas Road, into Lillooet.

Chartres Brew

The higher one at 2891m is located just south of the Fraser Canyon town of Lillooet, and which is the second-highest in the Lillooet Ranges after Skihist Mountain.

Davie

Alexander Edmund Batson Davie, Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Lillooet (1882-1890) and during that time the eighth Premier of British Columbia, Canada (1887-1889)

Duployan shorthand

The Chinook writing, or Wawa shorthand, was developed by Father Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune in the early 1890s for writing in Chinook Jargon, Lillooet, Thompson, Okanagan, and English, with the intended purpose of bringing literacy and church teaching to the first nations in the Catholic Diocese of Kamloops.

Gustavus Blin Wright

On August 16, 1862, Wright won the contract to build the 47 mile (76 km) long section of the Old Cariboo Road from Lillooet to Cut-Off Valley, which connects from the Fraser River at Pavlion, over Pavilion Mountain via Kelly Lake to Clinton, British Columbia, as "47 Mile House" would become known.He was also given the option to complete the rest of the 151 miles (243 km) of construction to Alexandria, which he also undertook.

Llenlleney'ten

They are a subgroup of the Secwepemc people and reside on a remote stretch of the Fraser River about 50 kilometres north of Lillooet at a location known as High Bar, and also at adjacent Low Bar.

McGillivray

McGillivray Pass, a mountain pass in the Lillooet Country of British Columbia

McGillivray, British Columbia (formerly McGillivray Falls) in the Lillooet Country of British Columbia

Old Settler

The Old Settler, a mountain in the Lillooet Ranges of British Columbia, Canada

Quiggly hole

It was not just from her account that Teit drew drawings upon which Lillooet's rebuilt si7xten was built, but also from his knowledge of underground houses in the Thompson and Bonaparte valleys - in his day, many people still lived in them.

Quiggly towns and smaller groups of quiggly holes are common features of the landscape in certain areas of southern British Columbia, notably from the Fraser Canyon near Lillooet across the Thompson River valley and down the Okanagan Valley.

Thomas Elwyn

After serving for five months as the Chief Constable of Yale, Governor James Douglas made him Assistant Gold Commissioner of Lillooet.

Tsk'weylecw'mc

They are a subgroup of both the St'at'imc and Secwepemc peoples and reside at and around the community of Pavilion, an unincorporated settlement comprising the Pavilion Indian Reserve and adjacent ranches on Highway 99 about 30 kilometres north of Lillooet, near Marble Canyon.

They historically have close ties and a shared cultural identity with their Secwepemc neighbours, particularly the Bonaparte group, but also with the St'at'imc of Fountain and Lillooet.


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