Fairmont Creek
Feature Type:Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: Flows W into Columbia River at Fairmont Hot Springs (community), just N of Columbia Lake, Kootenay Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 50°19'22"N, 115°51'46"W at the approximate mouth of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 82J/5
Origin Notes and History:

Fairmont Creek adopted 2 July 1953 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 46, in association with Fairmont Hot Springs (post office); not "Warm Spring Creek" as labelled on Department of Mines map of Southern Portion of East & West Kootenay Districts, 1898, and on BC Lands' map of East & West Kootenay, 1902 and 1911; nor "Hotspring Creek" as labelled on BC Lands' map 4G, Windermere, 1914.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Warm Spring Creek proposed for northern tributary of Fairmont Creek, but rejected 30 May 1966 on 82J/5, as potentially leading to confusion [the north fork remains unnamed.]

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office