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Defot | |
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  Defot Location of Defot in British Columbia | |
| Coordinates: 58°54′00″N 130°27′00″W / 58.90000°N 130.45000°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  British Columbia |
| Area code(s) | 250, 778 |
Defot is a locality and former mining boomtown in the Cassiar Country of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located west of Mount Defot.[1]
In the 1870s, exploration of the region north of the Stikine basin accelerated into the Cassiar Gold Rush with the discovery of gold at McDame Creek (aka Fort McDame - see Harry McDame), downstream from Dease Lake in 1871. Defot was one of the many boomtowns and mining camps in the region that sprang up around the region.
- ^ BCGNIS entry "Defot (locality)"