| Language of origin |
English language
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| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: |
Official
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| 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 |
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.
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