Active Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW into Porcupine Creek, S of Nelson, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°15'24"N, 117°08'46"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/6 |
| Related Maps: |
82F/3 82F/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Active Creek adopted 3 November 1932 on Salmo sheet, as labelled on West Kootenay sheet 19 B 2 (date not cited), not "South Fork Porcupine Creek" as labelled on turn-of-the-century maps. Active Creek re-approved 2 March 1948 on 82F/3. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after the Active Gold Mining Company, owner of the Union Jack group of mineral claims on this creek, 1902. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 49 14 and 117 09. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |