Devil Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into Iskut River just above Bob Quinn Lake, between Stewart and Dease Lake, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°59'28"N, 130°20'04"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104B/16 |
| Related Maps: |
104B/16 104G/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 24 July 1945 on 104SE, as labelled on plan 16T293 (title/date not cited) and as labelled on BC map 5C, Stikine River, 1929. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"A local name; so-called in allusion to the steep and tiresome hill leading down to the bridge and up the other side." (P.M. Monckton, BCLS, file S.2.44) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |