Fleet Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into Fraser River below McKale River, NW of McBride, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°27'43"N, 120°27'19"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 12 March 1965 on 93H, as labelled on BC Lands' map 3H, 1914 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Origin/significance not recorded. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"Fleet Creek (not Garnet Creek)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. [might have been labelled "Garnet Cr" on Reference Map 22E, but date not cited.] Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |