 | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Wilmer, British Columbia" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Wilmer is a small settlement near Invermere, British Columbia. The settlement was originally known as Peterborough and was founded in 1886. The explorer David Thompson founded a Northwest trading company post near the present-day site of Wilmer after crossing the Rockies via Howse Pass in 1807. Thompson spent a winter there while mapping the region. The site of the fort is now the National Historic Site Kootenae House.
The settlement, originally Peterborough, was changed in 1902 to honour Wilmer Wells, provincial minister of public works.
Wilmer is situated on the West benchland, 20 Kilometers north of Invermere BC, overlooking the Rocky Mountain Trench.
References
- Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2
External links
50°32′24″N 116°03′47″W / 50.540°N 116.063°W / 50.540; -116.063
 | This article about a location in the Regional District of East Kootenay, Canada is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |