Barbour Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows N into Toby Creek, SW of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°25'36"N, 116°17'33"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision in 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on Geological Survey sheet 165A, Windermere, 1918. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After John S. Barbour, ( -1939), guide and outfitter who arrived here in 1897. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |