Origin Notes and History:
Saunier Creek adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 420A, as labelled on BC Lands' map 4K, 1923, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer.
Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.
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Had been labelled "Wilkinson Creek" on BC Lands' map 1EM, 1915 (ie. understood at the time to be the headwaters channel of Wilkinson Creek); subsequently confirmed to be a tributary of Wilkinson Creek, and renamed for 1923 map after Eugene Saunier, pre-emptor on Lot 1277 about 5 miles south of here.
Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.
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