Fadear Creek
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 NW into Louis Creek, SE of Barrière, Kamloops Division Yale Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 51°02'30"N, 120°02'06"W at the approximate mouth of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 92P/1
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Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 3 November 1932 on 82L/NW as labelled on Dominion Sectional Sheet #112, Sicamous, 1915.

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

After Charles Fadear, carpenter, rancher, prospector & original settler at Lot 257 on Louis Creek c1892, immediately above the mouth of this creek. Also Lake and Mount.

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