Jimjack Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into lower Chutine River just above Wriggle Creek, just NW of junction of Chutine and Stikine Rivers SW of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°41'41"N, 131°40'14"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in 1935 on Geological Survey sheet 309A, Stikine River, flowing south into Chutine River just above Wriggle Creek, as labelled on BC map 5C, 1929; an established local name used by navigators on the river and by prospectors. Altered application 6 May 1954 on 104G; flows south then east into Wriggle Creek. Re-approved 17 June 1975 on 104G. Altered application 24 March 2004 on 104G/12; this creek flows south into Chutine River, as shown on 1929 & 1935 maps, and on new 1:20,000 TRIM maps. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 57 41-131 40 on 104G. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |