Lowhee Creek is a creek located in the
Cariboo
The Cariboo is an intermontane region of British Columbia, Canada, centered on a plateau stretching from Fraser Canyon to the Cariboo Mountains. The name is a reference to the caribou that were once abundant in the region.
The Cariboo was the ...
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.
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.
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Rivers of British Columbia
Cariboo Land District
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