Franklin Glacier


Franklin Glacier (51˚16'00" 125˚23'00" Head of the Franklin R, between head of Knight Inlet and Mt Waddington), Franklin River (51˚05'00" 125˚34'00" Flows S into head of Knight Inlet). Pioneer rancher Benjamin Franklin came to the Chilcotin region with his family from Washington state in 1886 and bought land at the S end of Tatla Lk. In 1892 he explored a route from Tatla Lk down the Klinaklini R valley to the head of Knight Inlet as a possible shortcut for shipping his cattle to southern...

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