Maitland Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows E into Klappan River, just W of Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park, SE of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°22'22"N, 129°28'24"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104H/6 |
| Related Maps: |
104H/5 104H/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 May 1975 on 104H. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named to remember RCAF Flight Lieutenant William John Maitland, DFM, from Vancouver. F/L Maitland was serving with 208 Squadron on operations over Europe when he was killed in action 16 December 1943, age 22; with no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial, UK, panel 172. Survived by parents Royal Lethington Maitland and Ruth Hildred Maitland, Vancouver. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |