Place names in the Canadian Rockies

Brownlee Road

Feature type: road
Province: British Columbia
Location: Forks off McBride Road South

William Brownlee (1877–1950) came to McBride in 1927, and after a year in town moved to a farm. He served a term as president of the McBride Farmers’ Institute. His son William L. (1908–1967) worked in the mines at Wells from 1933 until 1951, when he returned to McBride.


References:

McBride cemetary. Grave markers. .

Personal correspondence. .


Comments? Spiral Road- Place Names - 22 September 2002