388 GOVERNMENT ST |
British Columbia Tourism Region : Northern BC
Description From Owner:
- After Michael Byrnes, an explorer for the abortive Collins Overland Telegraph scheme. Byrnes passed this lake around 1866 while surveying a route from Fort Fraser to Hagwilget.
- Deadmans Island Park - When the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was being built, at least one man, killed during blasting, was buried here.
- With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.
Address of this page: http://bc.ruralroutes.com/BurnsLakeBC