Cushing Creek
Feature Type:Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: Flows N into Morkill River, N of McBride, Cariboo Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 53°40'16"N, 120°21'52"W at the approximate mouth of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 93H/9
Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 7 April 1925 and so-labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet #36, published in 1925 from surveys of 1923.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Nearby triangulation station "Cushing" is labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet #36, published in 1925, although it had been identified as "Swanson" on preliminary maps and in the Boundary Commission's Report (Vol III, p.50); apparently the creek had been tentatively labelled "Swanson Creek" on preliminary sheet #36 (Ottawa file OBF 0897).

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Named after A. B. Cushing, holder of timber licenses along the creek, and a large lumber retailer in Calgary.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office