Coffee Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows E across S end Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, thence into Kootenay Lake, S of Ainsworth, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°41'48"N, 116°54'26"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/10 |
| Related Maps: |
82F/10 82F/11 82F/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 May 1924 for Kokanee Glacier Park map, as labelled on BC map 4B, 1912, and on BC map 1EM, 1915. Re-approved 4 September 1947 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 9. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Krao Creek" on Mining Divisions, East & West Kootenay, 1902. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Coffee Creek (steamer landing & settlement) was located at the mouth of this creek until the early 1950's. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |