Dempster Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW into Clowhom Lake, W of Squamish, New Westminster Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°44'52"N, 123°27'13"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Dempster Creek adopted 3 May 1951 on 92G; not "Copper Creek" as labelled on BC map 5B, 1929, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Changed to avoid confusion with numerous other "Copper" creeks. Renamed to remember RCAF Flying Officer John McBride Dempster DFM, J17206, from Vancouver; serving as Air Gunner with 617 (RAF) Squadron when he died 13 February 1944, age 20 (circumstances not cited). Buried at Coningsby Cemetery, Lincolnshire, UK; row 64, grave 1254. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |