Spittal Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into Fraser River, just W of Tête Jaune Cache, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°59'22"N, 119°31'40"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/13 |
| Related Maps: |
83D/13 83E/3 83E/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 January 1951 on Jasper National Park mapsheet, as labelled on BC map 3H, 1914 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Origin/significance not known; most stations and many of the small watercourses in this vicinity were named by Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, according to January 1986 advice from archivist, CN Transportation, Edmonton. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |