Deer Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into Canoe Reach Kinbasket Lake, SE of Valemount, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°29'21"N, 118°48'00"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 December 1953 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 77; flows NE into Canoe River at 52 30 - 118 48 as labelled on Reference Map 42B; coordinates of mouth altered 10 March 1974 because of flooding of Kinbasket Lake behind Mica Dam. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 52 28 - 118 51. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |