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1. Eholt / Rock Candy Creek
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Eholt - After Louis Eholt, who began ranching in the area around 1890. Eholt was a busy rail centre during the mining activity at Phoenix and elsewhere early in the twentieth century. |
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2. Greenwood (City) / Henderson Creek
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Greenwood - Writing to the Chief Geographer of Canada in 1905, R.A. Brown reported that Greenwood was named after another mining camp, Greenwood, Colorado. |
| 3. Anaconda
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| 4. Boundary Creek Park
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| 5. Boundary Falls
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| 6. Deadwood
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| 7. Jewel Lake Park
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8. Kerr Creek / Jolly Jack Creek (Midway, 12km)
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Jolly Jack Creek - After 'Jolly Jack' Thornton, a prospector and the second white settler in the district. |
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9. Midway (Village) / Boundary Creek (Midway, 12km)
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Boundary Creek so named because it enters the Kettle River at the international boundary. |
| 10. West Midway (Midway, 12km)
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| 11. Almond Gardens (Grand Forks, 18km)
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| 12. Boothman's Oxbow Park (Grand Forks, 18km)
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| 13. Carson (Grand Forks, 18km)
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| 14. Gilpin Grasslands Park (Grand Forks, 18km)
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15. Grand Forks (City) / Burrell Creek / Granby River (Grand Forks, 18km)
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After the Hon. Martin Burrell, a fruitgrower who became, successively, mayor of Grand Forks, an MP, federal Minister of Agriculture, and Librarian of the Parliamentary Library in Ottawa. |
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16. Niagara / Brown Creek (Grand Forks, 18km)
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It and nearby Volcanic Creek commemorate 'Volcanic' Brown, a colourful prospector who perished while seeking a 'lost mine.' |
| 17. Nursery (Grand Forks, 18km)
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18. Phoenix (Grand Forks, 18km)
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Phoenix - The mining town that grew up here around 1900 took its name from the Phoenix claim. |
| 19. Rhone (Grand Forks, 18km)
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