Dragon Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into Fraser River at Quensel, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°58'18"N, 122°29'23"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93B/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 April 1936 on Ottawa file 1484, as labelled on BC map 3G, 1919 & 1935; so-named because it flows through Dragon Lake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"In association with Dragon Lake which conforms to a dragon in shape." [note that BC histories indicate that Dragon Lake was named after the first white settler there, not because of its shape.] Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |