Craigtown Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into Erie Creek, SW of Nelson, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°16'22"N, 117°23'20"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Craigtown Creek adopted 2 March 1948 on 82F/9, as labelled on BC Mineral Reference Map 4, 1929, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer; not "East Fork of Erie Creek" as labelled on earlier map(s), nor "East Fork of North Fork Salmon River", as labelled on BC map 4B, 1912. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The location of the former Craigtown Mining Camp, as labelled on BC map 4B, 1912. Also known as Green City camp. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |