| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into Dutch Creek, just W of Fairmont Hot Springs, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°18'39"N, 115°58'15"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/5 |
| Related Maps: |
82J/5 82K/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 18 June 1915 for Geological Survey sheet 165A, Windermere, according to notation on BC name card (published notice in Canada Gazette not located). Brewer Creek identified in the 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Had been labelled "Little North Fork of Dutch Creek" on BC Lands' map 1EM, 1915, and "1st North Fork Dutch Creek" on another (uncited) early map. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Samuel Brewer, Windermere. See Mount Brewer Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after oldtime who made a celebrated trip up this creek and was caught by a bushfire and forced to cross to Toby Creek with his packhorses. Ottawa file 0179. Headwaters at 50 22 - 116 13 on 82K/8. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |