Caribou Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into N end Lower Arrow Lake, at Burton, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°58'52"N, 117°53'21"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Caribou Creek (not Cariboo)" adopted in the 15th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1917, as labelled on BC map 28, Rossland, 1912, and on BC map 1EM, 1915. Altered application 10 October 1978, after flooding behind Columbia River dams. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |