Origin Notes and History:
"Nigger Bar Creek (not Nigger Creek)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Nigger Bar Creek confirmed 2 June 1950 on 82 F/4. Name changed to Goodeve Creek 1 November 1967 on 82 F/4.
Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office.
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Renamed after the Honorable Arthur Samuel Goodeve, mayor of Rossland 1889-1900, and M.P. for the district.
Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office.
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