Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest × McDame McDame, British Columbia, Canada McDame BC in the “Cassiar” Land District aka: Dease Post aka: Sylvester's Landing Originally this was First Nation “Kaska” aka “Casca” Reserve area They are related to the Tahltan. Later the name was changed to “Cassiar” Lat- 59º 11' N, Long- 129º 14' W Unincorporated Area Dease Post / Sylvester's Landing Dease Post, aka Sylvester's Landing, 68 miles from Laketon located at the mouth of McDame's Creek Photo Links below Rufus D. Sylvester was a well known explorer and trader. Rufus D. Sylvester b- ca 1834 in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA d- Mar 2, 1900, King WA, age 65 son of Rufus Sylvester (1803-1884) and Anna H. “Ann” Sylvester, nee ? shown as an Indian trader in 1881 in Cassiar district Sylvester's landing named after him, He established it in 1872. July 1888 Hudson's Bay Co. bought the post at McDame Creek, known as Sylvester's Landing, and renamed it McDame Post. They also bought the Black River Post and Liard Post Henry McDame, the Bahamas born Black Prospector, made the first Gold Discovery near Sylvester's landing. 1889 he was a miner at Lorne Creek 1885 Sylvester's Landing Robert Grant, Trader 1885 McDames Creek Residents Henry Brown, Miner b- in Canada, age 61 in 1891 Joseph Burge, Miner Charles Boyle, Miner Archibald Campbell, Miner John Campbell, Miner b- Alaska, age 22 in 1891 John Cranston, Miner James Chaplin, Miner Henry Christie, Miner Adam Clatworthy, Miner John Clendinin, Miner Andrew Donohue, Miner John Dunn, Miner Daniel Dixon, Miner Edward Dower, Miner b- England, age 52 in 1891 Richard Glen, Miner David Harris, Miner William Hendry, Miner John Jacklin, Miner William Kemp, Miner William Matthewson, Miner Samuel Jones McAllister, Miner Malcolm McClure, Miner b- Scotland, age 44 in 1891 John McCrimmon, Miner b- Ontario, age 41 in 1891 John McDonald, Miner Alexander McLennan, Miner John Moffatt, Miner Donald McQuaig, Miner b- ca 1849, in Quebec, age 42 in 1891 Edward Metcalf, Miner Frederick Mills, Miner John Mitchell, Miner b- in England, age 53 in 1891 John Morrow, Miner Jermiah O'Donnell, Miner Henry Phair, Miner John Rees, Miner (aka John Reese) b- in Wales, age 44 in 1891 John Stevens, Miner James Stewart, Miner Stanley B. Stott, Miner William Taylor, Miner Robert Wilson, Miner Cyrus Young, Miner Samuel McCartney, Clerk Edward Metcalf, Butcher Thomas Barrett, Blacksmith June 1935 William Glennie newly appointed as the Stipendiary Magistrate for the counties of Prince Rupert and Cariboo, and also the Coroner went from Hazelton to McDame Creek Ext Links not my sites Sylvester's landing Photos, BC Archives http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_124/d_08992.gif http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_124/d_08993.gif http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_124/d_08994.gif http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_124/d_08996.gif McDame's Creek http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_69/a_04854.gif http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_69/a_04855.gif http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_70/a_06592.gif http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_70/a_07251.gif http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_77/d_07665.gif © Last modified: 2017/11/07 15:24by dlgent Log In