Thibert Creek is a creek located in the
Cassiar Country
The Cassiar Country, also referred to simply as the Cassiar, is a historical geographic region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Cassiar is located in the northwest portion of British Columbia, just to the northeast of the Stikine ...
region of
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...
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The creek flows into
Dease Lake
Dease Lake is a small community in the Cassiar Country of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is 230 km south of the Yukon border on Stewart–Cassiar Highway (Highway 37) at the south end of the lake of the same na ...
at the north end. Thibert Creek lies on the western side of Dease Lake. The creek was explored in April, 1873 by Henry Thibert and several French Canadians. Thibert was the first placer gold creek discovered in Cassiar. The creek was mined for gold. The official returns from the gold between the years 1874 and 1895 were $1,279,600. The creek was hand mined by Europeans and Chinese. By 1880 the Chinese owned the majority of claims on the creek as gold on the creek started to dwindle. Only a dozen miners worked the creek by 1895. The creek was later hydraulicked.
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Rivers of British Columbia
Cassiar Country
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