Widgeon Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into Widgeon Slough, Pitt River, just below Pitt Lake, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°21'18"N, 122°37'54"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Widgeon Creek adopted 12 December 1939 on 92SE, as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Named in association with Widgeon Slough. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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"Widgeon (Silver) Creek" labelled on BC Lands' map 2B, 1914. "Widgeon Creek (not Silver Creek)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |