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Otter Creek is a creek located in the Atlin Country region of British Columbia. This creek flows into the south side of Lake Surprise about 2 miles west of Wright Creek. Otter Creek was discovered in 1898. The creek has been mined and for some years Compagnie Francaise des Mines d'Or du Canada hydraulicked a number of leases along Otter Creek.
Pine Creek is a creek located in the Atlin Country region of British Columbia. Pine Creek flows out of Lake Surprise and empties into Atlin Lake just south of the town of Atlin. The creek is 12 miles in length. The gold bearing section is 2 miles long. This creek was staked in 1898 by Fritz Miller and Kenneth McLaren. By 1899, 3,000 prospectors stood on the banks of this creek. The largest nugget found weighed just over 48 ounces and was discovered in 1925. The creek has been worked with rockers, waterwheels, sluices and hydraulicked.
Ruby Creek is a creek located in the Atlin Country region of British Columbia. This creek flows into the north side of Lake Surprise about 3 miles to the east of Boulder Creek. The creek has been mined and was discovered in 1898. The largest nugget recovered from the creek weighed just over 47 ounces on July 3, 1931.
Spruce Creek is located in the Atlin Country region of British Columbia. The creek flows into Pine Creek. Fred Marius discovered gold in this creek in 1898. In 1899 two American prospectors named West and Hoffenen found a gold nugget which weighed just over 83 ounces. The nugget was nicknamed "the west". "The west" nugget contained some quartz and thus was not the largest solid gold nugget found in British Columbia. The creek produced over 300,000 fine ounces of gold, valued at $7,000,000.
Dollis Creek is a creek that spans the border between British Columbia and the Yukon. The creek is 8 miles in length and flows from the Atlin Country region of British Columbia north across the BC-Yukon boundary into the Tatshenshini River approximately 10 miles from Old Dalton Post.
Wright Creek is a creek located in the Atlin Country region of British Columbia. The creek flows into the south side of Lake Surprise. It is located 2 miles to east of Otter Creek. The creek was mined for gold.
The Atlin River is a river located in the Atlin/Téix'gi Aan Tlein Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. It flows out from Atlin Lake
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- ↑ N.L. Barlee (1980), The Guide to Gold Panning, Revised Second Edition, Second Printing. Canada West Publications., ISBN 0-920164-04-8