Allen Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into Maiden Creek, S of Clinton, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°58'34"N, 121°30'06"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/13 |
| Related Maps: |
92I/13 92P/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 August 1957 on 92I/NW, as labelled on Dominion sectional sheet 111, Kamloops, 1916, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Edward Allen, Lillooet hotel-keeper, MLA 1882-90, and who had recorded a pre-emption in the vicinity of Clinton between 128 and 129 Mile Posts, in November 1869. Source: Laing, Frederick W; Geographical Naming Record, September 1938; unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives |