Alexander "Buck" Choquette (c. 1830–1898) was a French-Canadian prospector and adventurer who was the discoverer in 1861 of the gold strike which led...
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British Columbia, Canada Choquette River, a tributary of the Stikine River in British Columbia, named for Buck Choquette Choquette Glacier, the source of...
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Choquette is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Buck Choquette, Canadian prospector Auguste Choquette, Member of Parliament for Lotbinière...
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and Clyde fame) Buck English (died 1915), American Old West outlaw Buck Choquette (1830–1898), French-Canadian prospector who made the 1861 gold strike...
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of its confluence with the Iskut. The river is named for Alexander "Buck" Choquette, discoverer of the strike which launched the Stikine Gold Rush and...
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Columbia, Canada. The rush's discoverer was Alexander "Buck" Choquette, who staked a claim at Choquette Bar in 1861, just downstream from the confluence of...
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Bay in Sydney is named for these prisoners who helped build the area. Buck Choquette Battle of Saint-Charles Battle of Saint-Denis (1837) The church was...
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Chapel of the Seminaire Canada portal Geography portal Alexander "Buck" Choquette Jewish colonies in Canada List of towns in Quebec "Banque de noms de...
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summer, killing some 60 percent of the Stikine Tlingit. Alexander "Buck" Choquette discovered gold on the lower Stikine in 1861, sparking the brief Stikine...
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Canyon Gold Rush of 1858-1861. One intrepid adventurer, Alexander "Buck" Choquette, originally from Quebec and who had been in the California goldfields...
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