Allenby, British Columbia
Allenby | |
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  Allenby Location of Allenby in British Columbia | |
| Coordinates: 49°25′00″N 120°31′00″W / 49.41667°N 120.51667°WCoordinates: 49°25′00″N 120°31′00″W / 49.41667°N 120.51667°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  British Columbia |
Allenby was an important copper-mining company town in the Similkameen Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, just south of the town of Princeton. It was for a short time the location of the Copper Mountain post office but that name was reinstated to its original site when the neighbouring Copper Mountain mining town, affiliated with the same mine (the of the Canadian Copper Company), was revived.
Allenby was named for Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby (1861-1936), British field marshal in Egypt and Palestine in World War I (he was the first Viscount Allenby, 1919, later Lord Allenby).
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References[]
- "Copper Mountain (abandoned locality)". BC Geographical Names.
- BC Govt MINFILE Record Summary "Copper Mountain"
- "Allenby (abandoned locality)". BC Geographical Names.
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