Dowling Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into Gething Creek, S side of Peace Reach Williston Lake just SW of Hudson's Hope (municipality), Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°58'42"N, 122°18'43"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93O/16 |
| Related Maps: |
93O/16 94B/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 July 1943 for BC map 3E, as recommended by G.G. Aitken, BC member of Geographic Board of Canada (file C.1.44). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Dr. Donaldson Bogart Dowling (1858-1925), who worked for Geological Survey of Canada 1885-1925, and had been a member of the Geographic Board of Canada from 1900 until his death in 1925. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |