British Columbia. River: Fraser River drainage
Flows SW into Fraser River, SE of McBride
53.25 N 120.0667 W — Map 93H/8 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1912 (Walker)
Name officially adopted in 1925
Official in BC – Canada
Flows SW into Fraser River, SE of McBride
53.25 N 120.0667 W — Map 93H/8 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1912 (Walker)
Name officially adopted in 1925
Official in BC – Canada
This river appears on:
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919 [Holmes (Beaver) River]
Boundary Commission Sheet 33 (surveyed in 1923)
Boundary Commission Sheet 34 (surveyed in 1923)
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919 [Holmes (Beaver) River]
Boundary Commission Sheet 33 (surveyed in 1923)
Boundary Commission Sheet 34 (surveyed in 1923)
This river was known as Beaver River earlier than 1910. Around 1913 British Coumbia Land Surveyor James Alexander Walker [1887–1959] renamed it for Albert W. Holmes [died 1920s], a provincial forest ranger in McBride as early as 1915. Holmes, an American, later farmed in Dunster. He died, unmarried, in the Prince George hospital.
Wrigley’s British Columbia Directory for 1918 lists “Holmes Albert W farming” for Dunster.
A youth named Allen Holmes appears in a photograph of the McBride Trading Company in the 1920s (Valley Museum & Archives Society 2003.26.19).
References:
- Washburn, Stanley [1878–1950]. Trails, Trappers and Tenderfeet in the New Empire of Western Canada. New York and London: Henry Holt, Andrew Melrose, 1912. Hathi Trust
- Morkill, Dalby Brooks [1880–1955]. “Report on survey on the south fork of the Fraser River, between Horsey Creek and Holmes River. December 28, 1912.” Report of the Minister of Lands, (1913). Google Books
- Walker, James Alexander [1887–1959]. “South fork of Fraser River, vicinity of McBride. November 11, 1914.” Report of the Minister of Lands for the Province of British Columbia for the Year Ending 31st December 1914, (1915). Google Books
- Wrigley Directories, Limited. Wrigley’s British Columbia Directory. Vancouver: 1918. Internet Archive
- Valemount Historic Society. Yellowhead Pass and its People. Valemount, B.C.: 1984
- Akrigg, Helen B., and Akrigg, George Philip Vernon [1913–2001]. British Columbia Place Names. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1997, p.114. Internet Archive
- British Columbia Geographical Names. Holmes River
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