The man who lent his name to Woodbury Creek wrote and lectured about Ralph Waldo Emerson.
John B. Winlaw came to the Slocan Valley in the late 1890s and established a lumbering operation.
Whatshan has also been spelled What-shaan, Waatshaan, Watshan, Watchan, and Whatsan.
Whatshan has also been spelled What-shaan, Waatshaan, Watshan, Watchan, and Whatsan.
Westley, near Castlegar, was the site of a sawmill from about 1903-09 and 1927-31.
Westley, near Castlegar, was the site of a sawmill from about 1903-09 and 1927-31.
Watson was a going concern in the Slocan - until a forest fire laid the town to waste.
Watson was a going concern in the Slocan - until a forest fire laid the town to waste.
Carlos Warfield was private secretary to the man who built the Trail smelter.
Carlos Warfield was private secretary to the man who built the Trail smelter.
Was Waneta named after a prostitute? A mine? A Dakota chief? A lake in New York?
Was Waneta named after a prostitute? A mine? A Dakota chief? A lake in New York?
In 1900, the King Solomon's Mining Company of Ohio and Arizona arrived at Woodbury to great fanfare.
In 1900, the King Solomon's Mining Company of Ohio and Arizona arrived at Woodbury to great fanfare.
Yasodhara Ashram's location had everything to do with a name bestowed by a real estate agent.
A famous fumnambulist of the 1860s picked the name of a Slocan Lake phantom townsite.
A famous fumnambulist of the 1860s picked the name of a Slocan Lake phantom townsite.
A famous fumnambulist of the 1860s picked the name of a Slocan Lake phantom townsite.
Bulldog Tunnel is the most impressive feature of the old Columbia and Western Railway.
Trout Lake — or Lake de Truite — was named by the time James Turnbull passed through the area in 1865.
![The message on the back of this undated but early 1900s postcard reads: “A gold hunters camp on the shores of the Watchan [sic] Lakes, 20 miles back in the mountains from Needles.”](https://bpbpd.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9886182_web_171219-CAN-M-Whatshan.jpg)
![The message on the back of this undated but early 1900s postcard reads: “A gold hunters camp on the shores of the Watchan [sic] Lakes, 20 miles back in the mountains from Needles.”](https://bpbpd.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9874525_web_171219-CAN-M-Whatshan.jpg)
