Stanton Creek
Feature Type:Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: Flows W into Franklin River, just NE of the head of Knight Inlet, Range 2 Coast Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 51°06'00"N, 125°32'36"W at the approximate mouth of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 92N/4
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Origin Notes and History:

McCallum Creek adopted in 3 April 1928, as labelled on Don Munday's 1924 sketch of the Waddington area. Name changed to Stanton Creek 5 October 1960 on 92N, being the long-established and preferred local name, identified in Forest Service records from 1940 or earlier.

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

After Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Stanton, residents at the head of Knight Inlet in 1935; obtained Lot 21 by Crown Grant 79621650, 25 August 1937.

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

Jim and Laurette Stanton moved to Knight Inlet in 1919, traveling from Seattle in a small rowboat outfitted with a 2½ HP engine. They moved into an abandoned cabin at Kwalate Point, about 6 miles north of Glendale, and lived there for several years before building themselves a log cabin at the head of Knight Inlet. Jim became well-known guiding hunting and fishing parties, and he packed in Don and Phylis Munday across Franklin Glacier, for their many explorations of the area and several unsuccessful attempts to scale Mount Waddington. He also packed in the Fritz Weissner party, who successfully scaled Mount Waddington in 1936. The Stanton's were eventually able to afford property at Dutchman's Head when private holdings reverted to the Crown. This is where the Stanton's lived out their days. Many who cruised the area in the 1930s visited with the Stanton's and they are mentioned in several histories of the area. Jim lived here until his death in 1978, age 93, only briefly moving to Victoria following Laurette's death in 1961. (information provided February 2002 by author Jennifer Hamilton, Seattle). The story of the Stanton's life in Knight Inlet is chronicled in "Grizzlies in their Back Yard" by Beth Day, Julian Messner Inc, New York, 1956, republished by Heritage House, Surrey, 1994. See also "Upcoast Summers" by Beth Hill, Horsdal & Schubart, Winnipeg, 1985, pp.107-114.

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

Headwaters at 51 04 - 125 18 on 92N/3.

Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa