Blaylock Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW. into Kaslo River, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°01'02"N, 117°05'30"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 March 1961 on 82K/2, as submitted by BC Chief Geographer (file N.1.56). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The locality once known as Blaylock or Sproule's, situated about 1 mile NW at the mouth of Rossiter Creek, is now abandoned; application of the name Blaylock to this nearby stream was presumably intended to retain historic significance. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mineral Reference Map 1, published in 1927, labels "Rossiter (Blaylock)(Cooper)(Bear) Creek" Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |