1820 Pine Oroue Rd |
British Columbia Tourism Region : Thompson Okanagan
Description From Owner:
- McLure - Named after John McLure. Arriving in 1906, he farmed here until his death, aged eighty-four, in 1933.
- Sullivan Lake - After Michael ('Ten Percent') Sullivan (1838-1908), an Irish entrepreneur who, after participating in the Cariboo gold rush, bought land in this area.
- 'He did very well ranching, buttermaking, intercepting the North River Indians on their way to the HBC post and buying their furs, selling horses to the railway surveyors, and owning a share in the first threshing machine.
- With his considerable earnings he became a money lender, and held mortgages on many properties' (Mary Balf, Chase, p. 26). See also Vinsulla.
- With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.
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