Manson Creek

MANSON CREEK, 230 km northwest of PRINCE GEORGE, was a focal point of the OMINECA GOLD RUSH in the early 1870s, when more than 1,000 miners rushed to the region. The settlement lingered as a tiny centre for local prospectors; over the years it was the site of an HBC trading post, a motel, a museum, a restaurant and a gas station, but later it was abandoned. It was named for the HBC's Donald Manson, who ruled the NEW CALEDONIA district from FORT ST JAMES from 1844 to 1857.
by Andrew Scott

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