Alice Siding Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. E side Kootenay River, just N of Creston, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

Alice Siding: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Alice Siding

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Alice Siding

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Alice Siding Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Alice Siding

References to Alice Siding that document the origin of its place name

Adopted 6 December 1951 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 61, as first identified in the 1904 BC Mines Report, and as submitted 4 December 1934 by field survey staff.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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"Alice Siding is a farming community extending from Creston about halfway to Wyndell.... we are applying the name near the intersection where the old main highway to Wyndell branches off from Hwy 3." (October 1951 letter from Dominion Survey Staff, Ottawa, file C.1.47)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Named after the old Alice mine, situated on the west side of Goat Mountain. "The Alice Broughton Mining Company, of which John Hampson is manager, is operating the Alice, Alice Fraction and Morning Star mineral claims, about 2 miles north of Creston Station, on the Crow's Nest Pass branch of the CPR. This mine is situated on the range of hills separating Goat River from the Kootenay at the flats, at a height above the railway of from 1,500 to 2,000 feet. The property is entirely a concentrating proposition. A concentrator site was acquired on the CPR, at what is now known as Alice Siding, where in July, a concentrating mill designed by S.S. Fowler of Nelson was [under] construction, as was also a Riblet aerial tramway connecting the mine and the mill. The mill was first put in operation about the middle of September 1904, since when it has passed through a considerable tonnage of ore." (BC Mines Report, 1904, p.133)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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"A prospector by the name of Jap King discovered the Alice Mine about 1900. In 1904 Horace Mayhew, representing the Alice Broughton Mining Company, and his nephew Guy Constable, were looking for mining property of invest in.... proceeded to purchase the Alice Mine property. The ore... contained lead, silver and a trace of gold. The silver assayed out at 11 ounces per ton, making it a viable operation at the time...". (history written by Homer Eddy, as relayed from Bill Constable, published in Creston Valley Advance, 17 August 2000, p.13)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Regional District of Central Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27