| Devick Lake | |
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  Devick Lake Location in British Columbia | |
| Coordinates | 50°54′13″N120°04′53″W / 50.90361°N 120.08139°W Coordinates: 50°54′13″N120°04′53″W / 50.90361°N 120.08139°W |
Devick Lake is a lake near Heffley Creek, British Columbia.
| Devick Lake | |
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| Devick Lake Location in British Columbia | |
| Coordinates | 50°54′13″N120°04′53″W / 50.90361°N 120.08139°W Coordinates: 50°54′13″N120°04′53″W / 50.90361°N 120.08139°W |
Devick Lake is a lake near Heffley Creek, British Columbia.
It is named for Henri Louis Devick who came from Switzerland in 1904 to settle west of Heffley Creek, British Columbia. It is the source of Devick Creek. [1]
Highway 5 is a 543 km (337 mi) north–south route in southern British Columbia, Canada. Highway 5 connects the southern Trans-Canada route with the northern Trans-Canada/Yellowhead route, providing the shortest land connection between Vancouver and both Edmonton and Calgary. Despite the entire route being signed as part of the Yellowhead Highway, the portion of Highway 5 south of Kamloops is also known as the Coquihalla Highway while the northern portion is known as the Southern Yellowhead Highway. The Coquihalla section was a toll road until 2008.
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North Thompson Oxbows Jensen Island Provincial Park is a provincial park in Thompson-Nicola Regional District in the Interior region of British Columbia, Canada, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Kamloops at the community of Heffley Creek. The park was established on April 30, 1996, and has an area of 30 hectares. It protects the riparian habitat of a single, seasonal oxbow on the right bank of the North Thompson River. There are no camping or day-use facilities.
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Jean Baptiste Lolo, also known as St. Paul or Chief St. Paul, or Chief Lolo, was an employee and interpreter with the Hudson's Bay Company in pre-Confederation British Columbia, Canada. First serving in the region at Fort Fraser in the New Caledonia fur district, he acquired the nickname there of St. Paul because of his affection for that saint. He was the right-hand man of John Tod and followed him to Fort Kamloops, where Tod was Chief Trader from 1841 to 1843, and remained in that region for the rest of his life. He acquired such great respect among the local Secwepemc (Shuswap) people as to become regarded as a chief.
"His face was a very fine one, although sickness and pain had worn it away terribly. His eyes were black, piercing and restless; his cheekbones high, and the lips, naturally thin and close, had that white, compressed look which tells so surely of constant suffering."
When Mayne remarked that Lolo, in his decayed health, must find it hard to rule over his people,
"...he heard me with a grim smile, and for answer turned back his pillow, where a loaded gun and a naked sword lay ready to his hand."
The invalid Lolo showed, in fact, unexpected reserves of strength. Rising from his bed, he mounted his horse, and accompanied Mayne on a ride to see the view from the top of a neighbouring mountain, which was forthwith named Mt. St. Paul in honour of the old chief. Moreover, Lolo insisted on accompanying Mayne on the next lap of his journey, that from Kamloops to Pavilion."
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