|
NO Reproduction in Whole or in Part,
on ANY, and ALL of my Pages,
Including Text and Pictures,
May be made, without the express Written Permission
of
Web Editor, Doug Gent
© 2016
Want to add a link to my
pages?
see my
Contact
Web Editor Page
for the only Authorized Picture Link allowed.
All Pictures on all my web pages, are now Visibly Watermarked,
All my pages are now Right Click, copy and paste, disabled.
I ask everyone that enjoys free history sites,
to start to policing these violations.
If we don't stop this, no one will donate pictures to me or anyone,
and we all loose.
If you see one of my pictures on facebook, etc.
tell them to remove it
Defot BC,
in the "Cassiar" Land District
Originally this was First Nation "Kaska" aka
"Casca" Reserve area
They are related to the Tahltan.
Later the name was changed to "Cassiar"
On West Branch, Canyon River in map below
West of Dease 25 miles.
over 5,000 ft alt
Lat- 58º 54' N, Long- 130º
27' W
Unincorporated Area
Defot
Defot, Mount Defot and Defot
Creek shown top left.
named after an early French Canadian Prospector
He was born within 40 miles of Montreal Quebec
He came to BC in 1876
Defot had a couple saloon's, Blacksmith shop,
Henry Thibert, had a store,
also Callbreath, Grant & Cook had a store there, Sept 1878,
and other usual business places in 1878
J. C. Callbreath
ca 1882- Merchant, Telegraph Creek
John Grant
ca 1882- M.P.P. Merchant, Laketon
G. W. Cook
ca 1882- Merchant, Laketon
Defot found Gold here June
24, 1878
His claim was about a mile from the mouth of Defot Creek
The Defot creek empties into Canyon Creek, aka: Canon Creek
It is 2 1/2 miles long, shallow, 20-25 ft wide.
22 1/2 oz nugget was found there
Gold Commissioner Vowell reported seeing one 42 oz.
largest reported 45 1/2 oz, found by McCrimmon & Co.
July 1879, It was the largest piece of clear gold yet found in
Cassiar.
By 1880 Dafot Creek was nearly worked out.
John Defot
b- 40 miles from Montreal Quebec
d-
Not many of these old guys escape my Genealogy grasp,
but this fellow is hard to track down.
1879 claims on Defot Creek
Peshtigo claim
Archibald H. Cameron, J. Dickinson, and Robert McDermott owners
Archibald Cameron- Miner McDame's Creek, ca 1882
Robert McDermott Saloon Keeper, McDame's Creek, ca 1882
New Hope Claim
J. Gillis & Co. owners
Gillis Creek, and Mount Gillis in Cassiar area of BC
possibly named after him?
John Gillis
Jeffrie Claim
W. Jeffrie, and J. Collins owners
Nil Desperandum Claim
Daniel McMillan, O. Kerrigan and P. Boyle owners
found a Charles Boyle miner at McDame Creek, ca 1882
Blue Bell Claim
J. Clark, and J. Colvin owners
Caledonia Claim
John C. McCrimmon, S. Evans, and W. E. Osterhout owners
John McCrimmon, miner McDame's Creek ca 1882
1885
Napoleon Brunnett, Miner, Defot Creek
John McGillis, Trader, Defot Creek
Daniel McMillan, Miner, Defot Creek
Samuel Roach, Miner, Defot Creek
William A. Simmons, Miner, Defot Creek
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.
Therefore I do NOT profess to have 100% accurate information.
Use my info as a clue to do your own research.
I am not related to these folks, nor do I have hidden info.
I encourage everyone to visit their local Museum,
or buy a local history book for more info.
I attempt to connect people with their ancestor in these places.
If it works on just one person, per page, it is worth the time it
takes me.
I do not charge for access to my pages,
I do not have any Ads on my pages.
Please "link" to my
page from Facebook, etc.
Please do Not copy the pictures, or text on any page.
Please do Not ask to use pictures etc. on Facebook.
A "link" to my pages, does the same thing.
Just copy the hyper link, URL, shown in your browser above,
and paste that into facebook etc.,
or copy the links I have on the left side.
That is the honest and descent way to to do it!
Ext
Links
not my sites
http://minfile.gov.bc.ca/Summary.aspx?minfilno=104J++006
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
|
