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Centreville BC
in the "Cassiar" Land District
aka: McDame Town
Originally this was First Nation "Kaska" aka
"Casca" Reserve area
They are related to the Tahltan.
Later the name was changed to "Cassiar"
Centreville
Centreville or McDame Town
abt. 14 miles NW of
Sylvester's Landing
on the left bank of McDame Creek
Centreville was a Mining town
formed near where Henry McDame found gold
Of course McDame Creek was named
after this Black Bahama born Prospector.
4 miles away was Halloway's Bar.
1876
Centreville had 5 saloons
1877/78
Business Index
J. Burns, McDame Creek
B. G. Coney, Constable and Recorder at McDame Creek
S. Evans, McDame Creek
J. Fletcher, McDame Creek
Gerke & Co.- Thibert and McDame Creek
W. Geisler, McDame Creek Landing
William Humphries, McDame Creek
R. McDermott, McDame Creek
M. Richards, McDame Creek
Rufus Sylvester, McDame Creek
Wright & Calbraith, Dease & McDame Creek
1891
Court house was here,
Calbraith, Grant & Cooks General
Store,
Edward Metcalf was a Store Keeper and BC Collector of Revenue
Edward Metcalf
possibly, b- Dec 15, 1933 in England
d-
Immigrated in 1859
shown as a Miner, living in Victoria in 1901
June 1878, He accidentally shot an Adam Jamieson at McDame Creek
Painting of Sluicing on a River
Disclaimer
I am not First Nation, and do not profess to know their
history
I can only relate what I read.
I know they were here in this area,
long time before the Europeans shown below.
I will leave their history to them to record
Disclaimer
I am an Amateur Historian, and Genealogist.
I use every source I can find, old newspapers, census, archives,
etc.
I do a quick search for the names on these pages.
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Use my info as a clue to do your own research.
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