Canadian National Railway, junction of Albreda River and North Thompson River
52.5 N 119.1167 W — Map 83D/6 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1930
Official in BC – Canada
Mile 103 in Albreda Subdivision (Jasper to Blue River as of 1977)
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R.E. Gosnell, Legislative Librarian [1894 to 1897]
British Columbia Archives
Perhaps named after Robert Edward Gosnell [1860–1931], a historian and journalist. Born in Québec and educated in Ontario, he came to British Columbia as a newspaperman in 1888. He was the first librarian of the British Columbia legislative library (1893-98), editor of the Victoria Colonist, and the first provincial archivist (1908–1910). He was secretary to James Dunsmuir and succeeding premiers. In later years he was a freelance journalist. Gosnell was the author of several history books, including A History of British Columbia (1906) and co-authored Sir James Douglas (1908).
Settlement at Gosnell came with the construction of the Canadian Northern Railway in 1913. There was a Japanese internment camp here during World War II. The Gosnell post office operated from 1960 to 1964.
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