Dewdney Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW into Coquihalla River just NE of Hope, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°28'25"N, 121°15'19"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 422A, Hope, as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c1864-65 after Edgar Dewdney, who, in 1859 with Walter Moberly, RE, had constructed the "Dewdney Trail" from Hope to Rock Creek; later was appointed lieutenant-governor of BC. See also Victoria Colonist, 5-6 June 1983. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |