Feature type: road
Province: British Columbia
Location: Forks off Balsam Road
Province: British Columbia
Location: Forks off Balsam Road
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Swish Creek
British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows N into Slim Creek, SW of Dome Creek (community)
53.685 N 121.1592 W — Map 093H11 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1958
Official in BC – Canada
Flows N into Slim Creek, SW of Dome Creek (community)
53.685 N 121.1592 W — Map 093H11 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1958
Official in BC – Canada
Origin of the name unknown.
Swiftwater station
British Columbia. Railway Point
Canadian National Railway, E of Tête Jaune Cache
52.9819 N 119.3 W — Map 83D/14 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1989
Official in BC – Canada
Canadian National Railway, E of Tête Jaune Cache
52.9819 N 119.3 W — Map 83D/14 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1989
Official in BC – Canada
40 miles west of the Yellowhead Pass on the Canadian National Railway
Mile 14 in Tete Jaune Subdivision (Red Pass to McBride as of 1977)
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway station built in 1913
Mile 14 in Tete Jaune Subdivision (Red Pass to McBride as of 1977)
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway station built in 1913
This railway point appears on:
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ticket 1914
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway map ca. 1918
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway stations
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ticket 1914
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway map ca. 1918
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway stations
Origin of the name unknown.
Swiftcurrent Creek
British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows SE into Fraser River, SW of Robson River
53.0167 N 119.2667 W — Map 83E/3 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1898 (McEvoy)
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in BC – Canada
Flows SE into Fraser River, SW of Robson River
53.0167 N 119.2667 W — Map 83E/3 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1898 (McEvoy)
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in BC – Canada
“Swift-current River is an erratic, turbulent stream fed by glaciers. It may sometimes be forded without difficulty in the morning and the same evening be utterly impassable,” wrote James McEvoy [1862–1935], who surveyed the area in 1898.
That same year a placer strike was made on the creek and several prospecting parties flocked in. After working for a season without finding enough gold to pay their expenses, they left.
References:
- McEvoy, James [1862–1935]. Report on the geology and natural resources of the country traversed by the Yellowhead Pass route from Edmonton to Tête Jaune Cache comprising portions of Alberta and British Columbia. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada, 1900. Natural Resources Canada
- MacGregor, James Grierson [1905–1989]. Overland by the Yellowhead. Saskatoon: Western Producer, 1974. Internet Archive
Swift Creek (railway point)
British Columbia. Former railway station
Canadian National Railway, head of Canoe River
Earliest known reference to this name is 1918
Not currently an official name.
Canadian National Railway, head of Canoe River
Earliest known reference to this name is 1918
Not currently an official name.
54 miles west of the Yellowhead Pass on the Canadian National Railway
Mile 72 in Albreda Subdivision (Jasper to Blue River as of 1977)
Canadian Northern Railway station built in 1915
Mile 72 in Albreda Subdivision (Jasper to Blue River as of 1977)
Canadian Northern Railway station built in 1915
This former railway station appears on:
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919
Canadian National Railway map 1925
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919
Canadian National Railway map 1925
Katherine Blackman, Betty Cox, Mrs. Minnard and Mrs. Couture outside Swift Creek station, 1924
Valemount & Area Museum
The Cranberry Lake post office was changed to Swift Creek in 1918. In 1927, the Canadian National Railway decided to move the Swift Creek railway station and name it Valemount, the “valley in the mountains.”
References:
- Topping, William. A checklist of British Columbia post offices. Vancouver: published by the author, 7430 Angus Drive, 1983
- Bohi, Charles W., and Kozma, Leslie S. Canadian National’s Western Stations. Don Mills, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2002
Swift Creek
British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows SW into McLennan River at Valemount
52.85 N 119.3 W — Map 83D/14 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1900 (McEvoy)
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in BC – Canada
Flows SW into McLennan River at Valemount
52.85 N 119.3 W — Map 83D/14 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1900 (McEvoy)
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in BC – Canada
This creek appears on:
McEvoy’s map Yellowhead Pass 1900
Collie’s map Yellowhead Pass 1912
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919
McEvoy’s map Yellowhead Pass 1900
Collie’s map Yellowhead Pass 1912
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919
Descriptive.
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Swede Creek
British Columbia. Former name: Fraser River drainage
West Twin Creek
53.445 N 120.4269 W Google — GeoHack
Not currently an official name.
West Twin Creek
53.445 N 120.4269 W Google — GeoHack
Not currently an official name.
Sunbeam Creek
Summit Creek
British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows NE into Antler Creek, SW. of Bowron Lake
53.2392 N 121.4344 W — Map 093H03 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1936
Official in BC – Canada
Flows NE into Antler Creek, SW. of Bowron Lake
53.2392 N 121.4344 W — Map 093H03 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1936
Official in BC – Canada
This creek appears on:
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919
Summit City
Earliest known reference to this name is 1911
Feature type: Railroad construction camp
Province: British Columbia
Location: Temporary camp at Yellowhead Pass
Summit City, Yellowhead Pass, 1911. Photo, Byron Harmon
Canadian Alpine Journal
Summit City, Mile 1, GTP camp, E. J. Cann store, 1910-1911. L. J Cole photo. Donated by H. A. Cole. The E. J. Cann Store is also visible in the Byron Harmon photo.
“The summit of the Pass, like that of the Main Divide at Stephen, is not very attractive,” wrote Arthur Wheeler of his visit in 1911. “The timber on the north side has been burned and is now an unsightly array of fallen and standing skeletons. It is sad to think that the beauty of this naturally charming spot has been for ever spoiled through reckless carelessness. In the eastern watershed, the Miette River, here a glacial torrent, comes from a canyon almost directly at the summit, and has cut in on the height of land to such an extent that the old channels that carried water westerly to the Pacific are still to be seen. Now, the flow has been confined entirely to the east by a line of crib-work the railway company has built to protect its property.”
The railway construction camp at Yellowhead Pass consisted of three or four make-shift stores, rough log buildings with canvas roofs, as many billiard and soft drink saloons, a railway contractor’s camp and a blacksmith shop. “The place was tough and rowdy,” Wheeler reported. “There was a shooting the night we were there, but no one seems to have been hurt. Outside of the refuse they accumulate and the despoiling of natural beauties, these places, though necessary at the time, are of little moment. They pass with the passing of the steel, and in all likelihood Summit City has passed since our party was there last August.”
Wheeler did not indicate “Summit City” on the map accompanying his report.
References:
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860-1945 ]. “The Alpine Club of Canada’s expedition to Jasper Park, Yellowhead Pass and Mount Robson region, 1911.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 4 (1912):9. Alpine Club of Canada
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