The Nicolum River , formerly Nicolum Creek , is a tributary of the Coquihalla River , rising in the Cascade Mountains and flowing northwest to join that stream near the town of Hope, British Columbia , Canada . Nicolum River Provincial Park is located at the confluence of the two rivers.
9-477: In 1942, the official name of the stream was changed to Nicolum Creek on the recommendation of the Dominion Topographic Survey to reflect its relative size. The official name was changed back to Nicolum River in 1991 based on local nomenclature. The name appears as "Nkalaoum River" on John Arrowsmith 's 1862 map and as "Nicolume River" on Joseph Trutch 's 1871 map. In 1965, Outram Lake,
18-598: A small lake in the river, was buried by the Hope Slide , and the river's course altered. This article about a river in the Coast of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . John Arrowsmith (cartographer) John Arrowsmith (1790–1873) was an English cartographer. He was born at Winston, County Durham , England . He was the nephew of Aaron Arrowsmith , another English cartographer . In 1810 he joined his uncle in
27-568: The atlas than the one in the Rumsey collection replaced the following maps: with and added the following maps: The 1840 edition of the Atlas (in the Library of Congress) had the same 54 maps as the 1838 edition, with the addition of the following maps: The 1844 edition of the Atlas (also in the Rumsey collection) had 58 maps of the 1840 edition, excluding the following: with the addition of
36-749: The cartography business. They built on Aaron's A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of North America 1811 version which was heavily based on information provided by the Hudson's Bay Company , Indian maps, and British Navy sea charts to produce and publish an updated map: North America in 1821. Their contributions to Canadian cartography led to Mount Arrowsmith , situated east of Port Alberni on Vancouver Island , British Columbia , being named for them. Aaron's sons Aaron Jr. and Samuel were substantially younger than John but inherited their father's business when they were young men (21 and 18 respectively) when Aaron Sr. died in 1823. John took
45-600: The dates on the maps unless and until he updated them). He added and removed maps to the subsequent editions until there were 72 plates in one late edition. The atlas continued to be published after his death, the rights to publish the maps being acquired by Edward Stanford in 1874. The 40 maps include the following (not a complete list; these maps were found in the David Rumsey map collection as included in Arrowsmith's 1838 Atlas. The Rumsey collection has digitized
54-510: The maps in the 1838 and 1844 edition of the Atlas. Other editions of the atlas were published in 1834, 1835, 1839, 1840, 1842, 1859 and 1861.) : In addition to the maps published in 1832 in the above list, the 1835 atlas included the following (not a complete list): Map with 1833 date: 1834 Maps The first 1838 edition of the Atlas has the same maps as the 1835 edition, except for these maps that had been updated: Later 1838 editions of
63-407: The years after his uncle's death preparing maps for his iconic London Atlas of Universal Geography , the first edition of which was published in 1834 with 50 maps. He likely planned to publish it in 1832, many of the maps within it have an 1832 publication year (subsequent editions have several maps within them that have earlier publication years than that of the atlas itself; Arrowsmith did not change
72-623: The £200 left to him by his uncle and began working on his own. Aaron Jr and Samuel did not have the skills of their father and cousin and their contributions to cartography were minimal. Regardless, the three Arrowsmiths were founding members of the Geographical Society of London in 1830. Aaron Jr. left the family firm in 1832, and upon the death of Samuel in 1839, John purchased the assets and merged them into his own business. The Arrowsmith River in Western Australia
81-651: Was named by Sir George Grey after Arrowsmith, who later produced the maps for the published journals of Grey's two Western Australian expeditions. In 1863 he received the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society, which was what the Geographical Society of London was known as after gaining the patronage of King William IV . He died at home in Hereford Square , South Kensington , London on 1 May 1873. Arrowsmith spent
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