Hall Creek (British Columbia)
Hall Creek is a creek in the Selkirk Mountains in the West Kootenay region of the Regional District of Central Kootenay in British Columbia, Canada. The creek is a tributary of the Salmo River and flows east into the river in the community of Hall, a few kilometres north of the town of Ymir and a few kilometres south of Nelson. The creek and the community of Hall were named for the Osner and Winslow Hall; brothers from Colville, Washington.[1] The brothers were pioneers in the silver rush occurring in the kootenays in the late 1880s and early 1890s [2] In 1886, the brothers led the expedition to Toad Mountain which led to the creation of the Silver King mine, which in turn gave rise to the city of Nelson.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "BC Geographical Names". apps.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ "Hall Creek stream, British Columbia, Canada".
- ^ "Hall Siding honours brothers who staked Silver King mine". Nelson Star. 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
49°22′08″N 117°14′18″W / 49.36895°N 117.23839°W