| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows N into Beaver Creek, between Trail and Salmo, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°11'22"N, 117°23'56"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 November 1932 on Geological Survey sheet 283A, Salmo, as labelled on BC Lands' map 1EM, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Meadow Creek" on BC Lands' map 4B, 1912; labelled "Archibald (Caribou) Creek" on 1EM, 1915; Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by W.S. Drewry, BCLS, after "Barney" Archibald, lumberman at Salmo. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Barney Archibald was manager for Sayward and Co, which firm operated a shingle mill at Erie, near the creek carrying the name of Archibald. Source: Laing, Frederick W; Geographical Naming Record, September 1938; unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives |