Hi: From Ancestry.com: The district of Bennett and Atlin refers to two different communities geographically located near Bennett Lake and Atlin Lake. Bennett Lake extends southwest of Carcross to the British Columbia border. This lake was named in 1883 by American Army Lt. Frederick Schwatka after James Gordon Bennett, editor of the New York Herald and a promoter of American exploration. Atlin is on the east shore of Atlin Lake, in the northwestern part of the province. Its post office was named in 1899. This database lists more than 1,300 entries of residents in the subdistrict in 1901. Cassiar (Stikine) is located within the Cassiar Mountain Range. Situated in the northwestern part of the province, with the Coast Mountains on the west and the Rocky Mountains on the east, the name was derived from the aboriginal word "kaska," which may mean "creek" or "small river." Stikine (as above in parentheses) refers to the area around the Stikine River, which rises southwest of Fort Nelson. This river flows west and then southwest, crossing the Alaska border northwest of Stewart. In Tlingit, the name means "the river." This database includes members of at least three native tribes from the subdistrict. These tribes are not named or referenced in any way by the census taker, who clearly had no idea how he should record these groups. For example, within entry 27 on page 11 of the records, the census taker wrote, "Fifteen others of this tribe out in the woods. I didn't get the names." His final entry on page 13, entry 28 reads, "Estimated population 150. The others of this tribe was [sic.] scattered out in the woods." He then added, "These 150 Indian to be added on . . ." with the initials "W.B." He dated it "Jan 21\02." This database contains more than 600 entries of residents in this subdistrict in 1901. Cassiar (Skeena) is located within the Cassiar Mountain Range. Situated in the northwestern part of the province, with the Coast Mountains on the west and the Rocky Mountains on the east, the name was derived from the aboriginal word "kaska," which may mean "creek" or "small river." This database should not be confused with the city of Cassiar, which was not established until 1952. This database contains more than 2,000 entries of residents in this subdistrict in 1901. Source Information: Stewart, Michael & Angela, comp. Burrard District, British Columbia Census 1901: Bennett and Atlin, Cassiar (Stikine), Cassiar (Skeena) [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Bennett and Atlin, Cassiar (Stikine), and Cassiar (Skeena), Burrard District, British Columbia, Canada. 1901 Canada Census. Microfilm # T-6428. National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. To find the locales mentioned: http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php And at the National Archives 1901 census page, click on Help, then districts and maps, and click on Burrard on this page: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020122/0201220401_e.html On the resulting page, if you don't have the Mr. Sid viewer just click on the words "without the viewer" to look at the map. Use the + and - and arrow keys to view the area. Hope this helps a bit! Marg Diana wrote: > > >I recently took a look at the 1901 census and did a wildcard search for surnames I'm researching. I came up with one STATT, but would like some information on where in the province this would have been. It's not a district of the province that I know of present-day. > >The district is BURRARD. >Subdistrict BENNET & ATLIN > >It doesn't give the person's profession on the census page, but everyone on the page were single men with 'partners', so I'm guessing it was some kind of work camp? > >Where in the province this district is/was might shed some light on what was going on there in 1901 > >_______________________________________________ >No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. >Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Visit the British Columbia Gen Web page at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/ > > > >