Potatoes Illahee

[Leanne Riding]

That sounds like a mispelling to me too or some kind of change from the 
original.

On my bookshelf is a work called _Merritt & The Nicola Valley: An 
Illustrated History._ Nicola Valley Museum and Archives Association. 
Sonotek Publishing Ltd.: Merritt, 1998. "Potatoes Illahee" is mentioned 
on page 22 as being at 14 Mile. On page 66 it is described as being near 
Clay Bluffs.

My assumption is that the name Potatoes Illahee dates back to the early 
days when Nicola used to cultivate and sell potatoes to the fort at 
Kamloops.

Seems to me a while back there was a similar kind of discussion about 
another place named Toketic.

Maybe someone long ago had very bad handwriting?

David Robertson wrote:

>I've meant to mention something I saw on my recent trip in southern 
>Interior BC.  When you drive from Spence's Bridge on the road that's NE 
>(?) of town going to Merritt, you pass a reserve where one road is signed 
>something like "Potatoeillshe".  This has to be the "Potatoes Illahee" 
>or "Potato Gardens" band that Teit mentioned sometimes.  The misspelling 
>of the CW name seems to have become enshrined in government records.
>
>--Dave
>
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