Abel Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows E into Windermere Lake, just S of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°29'20"N, 116°01'35"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Abel Creek" adopted 4 November 1951 on Columbia River Basin sheet 48. Had been labelled "Ben Abel Creek" on BC map 4G, 1914. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Ben Abel, prospector and farmer, who arrived here in 1888. Also Mount Abel and Ben Abel Creek 15 miles SW. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |