Chimdemash Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into Skeena River, E of Kitsumkalum Lake, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°39'52"N, 128°22'34"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Chimdemash Creek adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer as labelled on BC map 3D, 1919; not Chimdemash River as labelled on sheet 1 of G.M. Dawson's 1879 map "British Columbia & Northwest Territory from Pacific Ocean to Fort Edmonton". Incorrectly confirmed as "Chindemash Creek" on 4 November 1948 names list for 103/NE. Spelling corrected back to Chimdemash Creek 2 December 1948 on 103/NE. Chimdemash Creek confirmed 4 October 1951 on 103I. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1884 by Harry McDame, who located placer gold here. Significance not known. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |