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Not sure if this is worthy of inclusion in this article, but if you zoom on this picture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:San_Francisco_in_ruin_edit2.jpg in several of the piers on the left side say "Wellington Coal" on them. Kevink707 ( talk) 21:05, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
It's pretty clear the Wellington Land District was named prior to the existence of Wellington itself. While it's true the district may be named after the Duke of Wellington, the town came later and obviously followed suit.
Robert Dunsmuir was granted a prospecting license in 1869 and ultimately was granted his coal lands in 1871. Refer to BC Archives file File GR1069.I.200. It's clear that the Wellington Land District was in use during the correspondence contained in that file.
BC land grant 1275 is available at the LTSA website for historical land grants, and it clearly shows Dunsmuir & Diggle's boundary was adjusted from the original application, notably around the Comox Road, the section now known as Norwell Drive. At that point there were already preemption holders with surveyed parcels in the Wellington District.
It is also incorrect to state that Dunsmuir's grant comprised "most of what is today known as the Wellington Land District". The grant of 1031.95 acres is only about 10% of the Wellington Land District, which is about 45 square kilometres in size.
24.68.80.249 ( talk) 05:56, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
There are a few errors in the section about East Wellington.
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Not sure if this is worthy of inclusion in this article, but if you zoom on this picture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:San_Francisco_in_ruin_edit2.jpg in several of the piers on the left side say "Wellington Coal" on them. Kevink707 ( talk) 21:05, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
It's pretty clear the Wellington Land District was named prior to the existence of Wellington itself. While it's true the district may be named after the Duke of Wellington, the town came later and obviously followed suit.
Robert Dunsmuir was granted a prospecting license in 1869 and ultimately was granted his coal lands in 1871. Refer to BC Archives file File GR1069.I.200. It's clear that the Wellington Land District was in use during the correspondence contained in that file.
BC land grant 1275 is available at the LTSA website for historical land grants, and it clearly shows Dunsmuir & Diggle's boundary was adjusted from the original application, notably around the Comox Road, the section now known as Norwell Drive. At that point there were already preemption holders with surveyed parcels in the Wellington District.
It is also incorrect to state that Dunsmuir's grant comprised "most of what is today known as the Wellington Land District". The grant of 1031.95 acres is only about 10% of the Wellington Land District, which is about 45 square kilometres in size.
24.68.80.249 ( talk) 05:56, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
There are a few errors in the section about East Wellington.