McFayden Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows E into Slocan River below Winlaw, NW of Nelson, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°34'14"N, 117°38'35"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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McFayden Creek adopted 19 January 1956 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 63, as identified in Water Rights Branch records (WR file 025843). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably refers to settler E. McFayden [or McFadden], identified as a fruit rancher in the 1910 Directory. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |