Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Lightning Creek

Lightning Creek flows west into Cottonwood River in the Cariboo Land District.1 It was claimed to have produced 900 ounces of Gold in one day, as seen in this despatch.

1. Lightning Creek, BC Geographical Names Information System.

Mentions of this place in the documents

Anderson Tributary
Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 24 October 1861, CO 60:11, no. 10961, 94.
Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 13 August 1862, CO 60:13, no. 9898, 378.
Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 27 October 1862, CO 60:13, no. 12259, 426.
Douglas, James to Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Fiennes 13 November 1863, CO 60:16, no. 12536, 281.
Leveson-Gower, Granville George to Musgrave, Anthony 4 December 1869, NAC RG7:G8C/16, 440.

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