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Blackman, Mount |
Feature type: Mount
Province: British Columbia Location: Between Canoe River and Hugh Allen Creek Latitude: 52°29'00" N Longitude: 118°42'00" W NTS map: 83D/7 |
| An official name listed at the BC Geographical Names Information System | |
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William (1878–1918) and Katherine (1876–1969) Blackman and their family arrived at Swift Creek in 1915. Emigrants from Germany, the family moved to the United States in the early 1900s, and came to Canada in 1911. William worked at coal mines in Cadomin and Pocohantas in Alberta. After their move to Swift Creek, William walked to Prince George and back to register their homestead claim. When William died, Katherine was left with ten children, aged from one to seventeen years. Numerous descendants live in the Robson Valley. References: Yellowhead Pass and its people. Valemount, B.C.: Valemount Historic Society, 1984. | |
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