Ball Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows E into Iskut River, SE of Mount Edziza, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°14'25"N, 130°15'56"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/1 |
| Related Maps: |
104G 104G/1 104G/2 104G/7 104G/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 24 July 1945 on 104/SE, as reported in 1933 by P.M.Monckton, BCLS. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Established local name, referring to Mr. Ball of Telegraph Creek, old time lineman. (Would this be George Ball, trapper, miner, fur trader & telegraph operator at Nahlin who had settled in the Cassiar in 1912 ?) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |