Camp McKinney Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. SE of Baldy Mountain, NE of Osoyoos, Similkameen Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Camp McKinney

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Camp McKinney

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

Name Description
Camp McKinney Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Camp McKinney

References to Camp McKinney that document the origin of its place name

Camp McKinney adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 420A, as a long established name and as identified in BC Department of Mines Reports from 1888 onwards. Re-approved 7 October 1954 in the position as labelled on 82E/SW.

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Camp McKinney Post Office opened 1 January 1895, H. Nicholson postmaster; closed 30 April 1912.

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Alfred McKinney and McKinney Camp [sic] identified in BC Mines Reports from 1888 onwards: "On the 10th of August [1889] ...I was agreeably surprised to find such a well-constructed little mining town, named after the discoverer, 'McKinney'. I found the mines, as they have been represented to be, very rich; it is only a question of a very short time when there will be one of the richest mining camps ever known in this Province." (Walter Dewdney, Gold Commissioner, BC Mines Report, 1889, p.317)."...the only work is on the Cariboo and Amelia claims, the property of the Cariboo M.M.& S. Co. of Spokane....about $250,000 in gold produced...about 18,000 tons of ore have been milled." (Notes on Camp McKinney, BC Mines Report, 1896, p.583)."Camp McKinney has produced some high grade gold ore, and properties are still worked intermittently." (1945 report, file H.1.45)."...over 5000 tons of ore taken out..."(BC Mines Report, 1961).

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...Al McKinney...one of four men who discovered the Cariboo Mine. (Postmaster's survey 1905.)

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Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01