Buchan Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into Fraser River, NW of Bouchie Lake, NW of Quesnel, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°09'26"N, 122°43'14"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93G/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 November 1978 on 93G, as submitted by Water Rights Branch (file C.1.60). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Name required for water licence. In the absence of any known local name(s), Water Rights chose Buchan from a biographical dictionary, presumably after John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940), Scottish author and Governor General of Canada 1935-40. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |