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Meadow Creek, BC (Nearby: Howser, Marblehead, Cooper Creek, Argenta, Lardeau)

13312 Hwy 31
Meadow Creek, British Columbia
V0G 1N0

British Columbia Tourism Region : Kootenay Rockies

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Howser - This settlement was originally named Duncan City because of its location on the shore of Duncan Lake.
After a post office (Duncan) was opened here in 1899, its mail was constantly being confused with that for Duncan's Station (now Duncan) on Vancouver Island.
A change of name being ordered by Ottawa, the locals opted for Hauser, after a pioneer who had found gold in the area just a year before he and his partner went into the wilderness together, never to be seen again.
In his letter to Ottawa, the postmaster misspelled the new name as Howser, and Howser it has remained.
With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.

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Nearby:	Marblehead, 6km Meadow Creek / Duncan Lake / Graymalkin Lake, 8km Cooper Creek, 11km Argenta / Earl Grey Pass / Mount Hamill / Kootenay Joe Creek / Midge Peak / Mount Morigeau, 15km Lardeau, 17km Poplar Creek, 18km Johnsons Landing, 25km Fry Creek, 27km Birchdale, 31km Retallack, 31km Goat Range Park, 24km Shutty Bench, 37km Zincton, 35km Gerrard, 33km Cody, 41km Mirror Lake, 47km Sandon, 41km	Three Forks, 40km Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park, 34km Alamo, 42km Kootenay Land District, 39km Bugaboo Park / Creek, 56km Rosebery Park, 44km Rosebery, 44km Toby Creek, 38km Riondel / Nowitka Mountain, 60km Kokanee Glacier Park, 59km Hills, 44km Cody Caves Park, 64km Walkers, 67km Five Mile, 54km Kootenay Bay, 69km Crawford Bay / Kootenay Lake / Pilot Bay, 70km Queens Bay, 72km	Ferguson, 57km Pilot Bay Park, 74km Balfour / Kokanee Creek / Queens Bay, 75km Trout Lake, 57km Procter, 76km Fraser, 76km Gray Creek, 75km Sunshine Bay, 77km Longbeach, 77km Harrop, 79km Crescent Bay, 78km Kokanee Creek Park, 78km Summit Lake Park, 53km Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park Corridor Protected Area, 53km Panorama, 53km Summit Lake, 53km
Nearby Lakes and Mountains:	Mount Lavina, 7km Duncan Lake, 14km Cirque Peak, 10km Mount Simpson, 11km Meadow Mountain, 11km Comb Mountain, 12km Mount Banquo, 14km B-Flat Peak, 11km Graymalkin Lake, 14km Mount Fleance, 15km Emperor Peak, 12km Archduke Mountain, 13km Logus Lake, 19km Mount Willet, 18km Mount Macbeth, 16km Blue Lake, 15km Mount Macduff, 19km	Mount Lady Macbeth, 16km Winter Peak, 21km Mount Bulmer, 21km Mount Beguin, 21km Mount Johnston, 21km Mount Clark, 20km Ochre Peak, 17km Mount Davis, 23km Mount Wilkinson, 20km Squabble Peak, 18km Mount Mason, 20km Tranquillity Mountain, 18km Covenant Mountain, 18km Mount Schroeder, 28km Mount McLeod, 22km Quibble Peak, 19km Mount Abey, 22km	Truce Mountain, 19km Toad Peak, 19km Mount McLanders, 23km Mount Fitzsimmons, 22km Mount Lake, 22km Volley Mountain, 20km Mount Macnicol, 22km Mount Jardine, 29km Mount Sauczuk, 22km Cauldron Mountain, 20km Walton Lake, 21km Mount Cooper, 22km Mount Brennan, 27km Mount Marion, 20km Mount Keen, 21km Mount Rasmussen, 24km

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