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Willow River, BC (Nearby: Giscome, Ferndale, Newlands, Carlson, Shelley)

488 Railway Ave
Willow River, British Columbia
V0J 3C0

British Columbia Tourism Region : Northern BC

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Giscome - After John Robert Giscome (c. 1832-1907).
In 1863, during a prospecting expedition to the Peace River country, Giscome and Harry McDame, another black West Indian, became the first non-Indians to use the Giscome Portage route from the Fraser River to Summit Lake.
(See Linda Eversole, 'John Robert Giscome, Jamaican Miner and Explorer,' British Columbia Historical News 18,3 [1985]:11-15.)
With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.

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Nearby:	Wolverine, 2km Willow River, 7km Ferndale, 12km Newlands, 11km Carlson, 17km Quaw, 15km Shelley, 18km Fort George 2, 18km Aleza Lake Ecological Reserve, 17km Giscome Portage Trail Protected Area, 24km Salmon Valley, 19km Huble, 21km Bonnet Hill, 25km Summit Lake, 27km O'Dell, 28km Salmon Valley, 22km Aleza Lake, 22km	Foreman, 24km Fraserview, 24km Nichols, 24km Bridge, 27km Shady Valley, 25km Basford, 27km Pineview, 32km Buckhorn, 35km Island Cache, 29km Fort George Cemetery 1A, 30km McMillan Creek Park, 29km South Fort George, 31km North Nechako, 30km Upper Fraser / Pacific Lake / Mount Vreeland, 29km Tabor, 37km Charella Garden, 33km Hart Highlands, 30km	Cale, 41km College Heights, 34km Purden Lake Park, 33km Otway, 33km Red Rock, 47km Hart, 49km Vanway, 38km Hansard, 33km Crooked River Park, 50km Stoner, 52km Fort George Canyon Park, 49km Killy, 52km McGregor, 35km Sas Mighe 32, 54km Three Sisters Lakes Park, 60km Crysdale, 57km
Nearby Lakes and Mountains:	Eaglet Lake, 6km Nazul Lake, 10km Mount Tabor, 18km Bratko Lake, 23km Tabor Lake, 20km Averil Lake, 26km Barney Lake, 27km Rancheree Lake, 18km Coyote Lake, 30km Twin Lake, 28km Elsie Lake, 27km Frost Lake, 32km Mount Bowron, 21km Wilfs Lake, 28km Aleza Lake, 20km Lost Lake, 32km Francis Lake, 35km	Tie Mill Lake, 31km Huble Lake, 28km Ste. Marie Lake, 36km Opatcho Lake, 36km Little Heart Lake, 31km Otipemisiwak Lake, 37km Cottonwood Lakes, 36km Whitestone Lake, 37km Haggith Lake, 27km Buckhorn Lake, 36km Fire Lake, 36km Hansard Lake, 24km Mount Averil, 39km Cloud Lake, 34km Summit Lake, 31km Neilsen Lake, 33km Haglund Lake, 29km	Red Rock Lake, 39km Log Lake, 36km Echo Lake, 31km Wansa Lake, 38km Augustine Lake, 37km McEwan Lake, 42km Ermine Lake, 43km Teapot Mountain, 35km Upper Summit Lake, 34km Rush Lake, 32km Grizzly Lake, 42km Caddis Lakes, 46km EM & K Lake, 32km Alana Lake, 29km Mount George, 47km Balsam Lake, 36km

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