1. Yarrow / Vedder River (Yarrow, 11km)
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Vedder River - Named after Volkert Vedder, who arrived in the Hope district around 1860. In the 1870s he owned land by the Vedder River. |
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2. Reclaim (Lindell Beach, 10km)
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3. Dewdney / Nicomen Island / Norrish Creek (Dewdney, 18km)
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After the Honourable Edgar Dewdney (18351916). He arrived in British Columbia in 1859 and the next year, with Walter Moberly, built the famous Dewdney Trail from Fort Hope to Rock Creek (later continued to Wild Horse Creek). |
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4. Durieu (Dewdney, 18km)
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5. Steelhead (Dewdney, 18km)
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Steelhead - ). In the 1920s a logging railway was used to get out the timber here, and 'Steelhead' indicated the end of the steel. |
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6. Abbotsford (City) / Peardonville (Abbotsford, 14km)
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Abbotsford - J.C. Maclure, who chose the original townsite, is sometimes said to have named the town after Abbotsford, the baronial mansion that Sir Walter Scott built with the profits from his novels. |
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7. Arnold (Abbotsford, 14km)
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8. Aylechootlook 5 (Abbotsford, 14km)
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9. Bradner (Abbotsford, 14km)
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10. Clayburn (Abbotsford, 14km)
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11. Clayburn (Abbotsford, 14km)
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Named by J.C. and F.S. Maclure, who established the clayworks here in 1904. |
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12. Clearbrook (Abbotsford, 14km)
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Originally named Pinecrest after the nearby Pinecrest Auto Court. |
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13. Gifford (Abbotsford, 14km)
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14. Huntingdon (Abbotsford, 14km)
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Huntingdon - After the hometown of Benjamin Douglas, the original locator, who came from Huntingdon, Quebec. Douglas and a partner, Higginson, laid out the townsite and named it. |
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15. Matsqui (Abbotsford, 14km)
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16. Matsqui (Abbotsford, 14km)
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Matsqui - From the Halkomelem word meaning 'easy portage' or 'easy travelling,' apparently referring to the ease with which the Indians could ascend creeks from 'the Fraser and drag their canoes over the height of land |
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17. Matsqui Main 2 (Abbotsford, 14km)
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18. Mount Lehman (Abbotsford, 14km)
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Mount Lehman - After Isaac Lehman, who pre-empted land here around 1875. Later he moved to the Cariboo, subsequently was a blacksmith in New Westminster, and ended up as an undertaker in Ashcroft. |
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19. Mount Pleasant (Abbotsford, 14km)
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20. North Poplar (Abbotsford, 14km)
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21. Norton (Abbotsford, 14km)
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22. Ridgedale (Abbotsford, 14km)
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23. Riverside (Abbotsford, 14km)
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24. Sahhacum 1 (Abbotsford, 14km)
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25. South Poplar (Abbotsford, 14km)
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26. Straiton (Abbotsford, 14km)
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Straiton - After Thomas B. Straiton, pioneer settler, who with his brother established a general store here on Sumas Mountain. A post office was opened in 1904. |
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27. Three Islands 3 (Abbotsford, 14km)
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28. Upper Sumas 6 (Abbotsford, 14km)
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29. Vye (Abbotsford, 14km)
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30. Cultus Lake / Lindell Beach / Liumchen Creek / Nesakwatch Creek / Mount Slesse / Tamihi Creek (Cultus Lake, 15km)
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Chinook jargon for anything bad, worthless, or foul. The anglicized form of the Halkomelem word for the lake is Sweltzer, now the name of the river draining the lake. The latter word means unclear liquid that warns secretly.' |
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31. Cultus Lake Park (Cultus Lake, 15km)
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32. Lindell (Cultus Lake, 15km)
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33. Minto Landing (Cultus Lake, 15km)
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34. Slesse Park (Cultus Lake, 15km)
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35. Deroche (Deroche, 20km)
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After Joseph Deroche, the first settler here. He arrived in British Columbia from California in 1860, became a teamster in the Cariboo, acquired a farm here, and died in 1922 at the age of ninety-nine. |
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36. Fraser River Ecological Reserve / Fraser River Watershed (Deroche, 20km)
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Fraser River after Simon Fraser (1776?-1862). Fraser was born in Bennington, Vermont. At the end of the American Revolution, his Loyalist family moved to Canada, where he joined the NWC in 1792 and was admitted as a partner in 1802. |
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37. Holachten 8 (Deroche, 20km)
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38. Lakahahmen 11 (Deroche, 20km)
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39. Nicomen (Deroche, 20km)
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40. Papekwatchin 4 (Deroche, 20km)
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