Burke Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into Kelly Creek, E side Lake Revelstoke, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°19'43"N, 118°11'40"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82M/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 16 November 1972 on 82M/8, as submitted to Geographic Board 24 September 1964 and as identified in the 1966 BC Gazetteer (files S.1.64 and M.2.60). Origin/significance not known. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This creek drains Roseberry Mountain; incorrectly identified as flowing out of an unnamed lake on federal sheet 82M/8, ed.2. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |