Merritt, William Hamilton, Colonel
Town of Merritt was named after him (once called Forksdale because of Forks of Nicola and Coldwater Rivers.) (Also called ColMerritt) Dr. P.LeFevre and A.E. Howse secured the charter for the Nicola-Kamloops Similkameen Coal and Railway Co. in 1892 (Later took over by the Charter Can. Pac. Rly)