LOCALITY	LOCATION	DESCRIPTION
BARSTOW	on Kettle River, 8 miles above river mouth	named for an early settler who operated a store
BOYD	on Kettle Riv, 5 miles north of Columbia Riv	moved from original site by FDR Lake; named for early setler, Adam Boyd
BUFFALO		see INCHELIUM
COVADA	on Colville Indian Reservation, 6 miles south INCHELIUM on Borgeau Lake	established by miners in 1890s; name from 1st letter of 6 nearby mines - Columbia Camp, Orin, Vernie, Ada, Dora and Alice
CURLEW	8 miles south of Canadian border, at joining of Curlew Creek and Kettle River	former mining town established by prospectors in 1890s; named by Guy S. Helphrey in 1896
DANVILLE	1/2 mile south of Canadian border, near Kettle River	mining town; platted 1889 by Nelson Bros.; originally called "NELSON"; name changed to "DANVILLE", a mining company
DULWICH		see ORIENT
EUREKA		see REPUBLIC
FERRY	on Kettle River at Canadian border, opposite town of Boundary, BC	active at turn of century, now has customs and immigration station.
HARLINDA		see KELLER
HAZELMERE	on west bank Columbia River near Rogers Bar in east central FerryCo	flooded by Roosevelt Lake
IMPACH	on Colville Indian Reservation, 3 miles west of INCHELIUM	name may mean "white lake" in the San Poil language
INCHELIUM	1 1/2 miles west of FDR Lake, across river from Gifford	original site flooded by creation of FDR Lake; earlier names "Buffalo"and "Troy"
KARAMIN	on Curlew Creek, north of Curlew Lake	named for Karamin Lumber Company
KELLER	on San Poil River, 9 miles from FDR Lake	moved when FDR Lake flooded original site; founded 1898 when south half of Colville Res opened for mining; early name "HARLINDA"
KEWA	settlement on Colville Indian Res	near Nez Perce Creek 4 miles west of FDR Lake
LAURIER	on Canadian border, near Kettle River	mining town; in 1890s had population of about 2000; possibly named for Prime Minister Laurier (1896-1911)
MALO	13 miles northeast of Republic, on Curlew Creek	possibly named by an early-day prospector; "malo" is Spanish for "bad" or "evil"
METEOR	on Colville Indian Reservation, 5 miles southwest of INCHELIUM	may have been first settlement in SE Ferry Co; a "lively mining camp" in 1898; named for Meteor Mine
MORGAN		see ORIENT
NELSON		see DANVILLE
NOLO		see ORIENT
OLD TORODA		see TORODA
ORIENT	10 miles south of Canadian border, on Kettle River	founded in 1902 by Orient Improvement Co; originally called NOLO, later MORGAN; RR stop 1 1/2 miles south called DULWICH
PIA	a few homes and a mission Church near Kelley Hill.	first church, a log cabin was completed in 1889
REPUBLIC	25 miles south of Canadian border, near head of San Poil River	county seat; originally established as "The Mining District of Eureka"; later named for Great Republic mining claim
ROCKCUT	on Kettle River, 6 miles south of B.C. in northeast FerryCo	once a railroad station
TORODA	16 miles south of Canada border; 5 miles northeast of Wauconda (ne Okanogan Co)	"mining ghost town"
TROY		see INCHELIUM

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