Adopted 7 January 1947 on 92F/4, as an established local name, and as labelled on BC map 2A, 1938. Not labelled on 1920 edition of same map; had been labelled "Salmon Creek" on Reference Map 1A (date not cited).

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

"....I might state another experience I had on the West Coast in the neighbourhood of Wreck Bay, where black sand containing gold occurs. My brother has been interested down there, and they have taken out in the neighbourhood of $20,000 in gold. I named it Lost Shoe Creek, because I lost my shoe there. The salal was so thick that I had to roll over it, instead of forcing through it. That is the only way I could get through the thicket, so I rolled down to Wreck Bay, and when I reached Lost Shoe Creek I had to ford it. In crossing I lost one of my shoes, which was carried away by the current. They say necessity is the mother of invention, and so I made a pair of moccasins by tearing off a piece of my trousers, and I started down Wreck Bay as far as Ucluelet...." (Victoria Daily Colonist, 11 February 1903, reporting a lecture given by William J. Sutton to the Natural History Society; this excerpt located and provided by Leona Taylor, Victoria, July 1998).

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