Bear Creek
| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Harrison Lake, opposite N end Long Island, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°31'59"N, 121°45'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 10 February 1975 on 92H/NW as an established local name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Until the early 1960's Bear Creek logging camp was at the mouth of Bear Creek (air photo BC4066 #123, July 1962); that camp abandoned and Bear Creek logging camp relocated about 3 miles north, near mouth of Cogburn Creek (air photo BC4064 #47, July 1962). Bear Creek School identified in 1965-66 Schools list. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |