Geographical names - R-S - Transcript (part 6).
Date
1951
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Publisher
UNKNOWN
Abstract
"SIM-KWEE-Low gap or saddle in hills, northeast of Fort Simcoe State Park, name for that specific gap which is location of proposed $5,500,000 White Swan Irrigation Project Dam, and name for hills, valley, mountain and creek. It was the name given to the station at present Wapato by the Northern Pacific. Spelled Sim-co-ee on early correspondence of Army officers. It is from this word that Simcoe was derived."
Description
20 page typed transcription, created by Click Relander.