1. Argenta / Earl Grey Pass / Mount Hamill / Kootenay Joe Creek / Midge Peak / Mount Morigeau (Argenta, 3km)
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Argenta - A simplified or mistaken form of argentea, the Latin adjective for 'silver.' The community originated during the silver-mining boom in the 1890s. |
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2. Fry Creek (Argenta, 3km)
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3. Johnsons Landing (Argenta, 3km)
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4. Lardeau (Argenta, 3km)
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Lardeau - After an early prospector. Lardo post office, opened in 1899, became Lardeau in 1947. |
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5. Purcell Wilderness Conservancy Park (Argenta, 3km)
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6. Cooper Creek (Meadow Creek, 10km)
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7. Gerrard (Meadow Creek, 10km)
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Gerrard - A locality name, often spelled Gerard, is all that remains of the northern terminus of the Lardeau-Gerrard line once operated by the Kootenay and Arrowhead Railway, an alias of the CPR. |
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8. Goat Range Park (Meadow Creek, 10km)
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9. Howser (Meadow Creek, 10km)
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Howser - This settlement was originally named Duncan City because of its location on the shore of Duncan Lake. |
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10. Marblehead (Meadow Creek, 10km)
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11. Meadow Creek / Duncan Lake / Graymalkin Lake (Meadow Creek, 10km)
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Duncan Lake - This lake and the major dam at its lower end are named after 'old Jack Duncan,' a late-nineteenth-century prospector. |
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12. Poplar Creek (Meadow Creek, 10km)
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