| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into Upper Arrow Lake, S of Revelstoke, Kootenay Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°51'32"N, 118°05'52"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/16 |
| Related Maps: |
82K/13 82L/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Drimmie Creek adopted 7 September 1950 on 82L/NE, not "Twelvemile Creek" as labelled on earlier maps. Coordinates of mouth adjusted 31 October 1977, due to flooding of Columbia River. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named to remember RCAF Flying Officer Gordon Robert Drimmie, DFC, J16306 from Revelstoke; serving with 405 Sqn when he was killed 14 January 1944, age 21. Buried at Hanover Cemetery, Germany, grave 11.H.2. Survived by parents Martin and Margaret Drimmie, Vancouver. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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F/O Drimmie's father, Martin Charles Drimmie (1891- ) was born in Ireland, to Robert Drimmie (1860- ) and Elizabeth Phillips; in turn, Robert Drimmie's parents had come to Ireland from Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland. Martin Drimmie married Margaret Ringe at Revelstoke in 1921 and their son, Gordon, was born the following year. (October 2004 & January 2007 information from Alan Drummie, geneologist/historian). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |