Lowhee Creek is a creek located in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. The creek was discovered in 1861 by Richard Willoughby who struck it rich here in 1861. He named it after a secret society at Yale University.[1]: 157  The creek was mined for gold and was productive in the 1860s. The richest ground was where the stream flows into the meadows. This creek has been worked using sluicing, drifting, and hydraulicking.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2
  2. ↑ N.L. Barlee (1980). The Guide to Gold Panning (Revised Second ed.). Canada West Publications. ISBN 0-920164-04-8.

53°05′47″N 121°34′50″W / 53.09639°N 121.58056°W / 53.09639; -121.58056


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