| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into Parsnip River, S of Misinchinka River, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°04'23"N, 122°53'15"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93O/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Colbourne Creek adopted 1 April 1924 as recommended by BC Geographic Division; not "Valley Creek" as had been labelled on BC map 1G, 1916. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named to remember BC Land Surveyor Lieutenant Eric Krabbe Colbourne MC, killed in action 27 June 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"...Second Lieutenant Eric Krabble Colbourne, MC (1888-1915); came to Victoria from Brackenham, Kent, in 1907; articled to Frank Devereux, BCLS, and obtained his commission as a Land Surveyor in 1912; married Florence Marion Gillespie, December 1912; obtained a commission in the 3rd Royal Berkshire Regiment in January 1915; died at Chognes 27 June 1915 of wounds received in action; awarded the Military Cross posthumously, for conspicuous gallantry at Cuinchy a few days before his death." (Roll of Honour, and Cumulative Nominal Roll 4th edition, both published by Corporation of British Columbia Land Surveyors. See also their Annual Report 1919, for Colbourne's career biography or obituary) Colbourne is buried at Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave I- B- 18. Source: included with note |