Tillicum Creek
| Language of origin | Chinook Jargon language |
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into Pend-d'Oreille River, E of Trail, Kootenay Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°02'38"N, 117°25'01"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 November 1932 on 82F/3. Re-approved 1 December 1959 on Columbia River Basin manuscript #23. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Labelled "Fifteen Mile Creek" on Geological Survey map 80A, Geology of the 49th Parallel, 1913, and so-identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. The suggestion to establish a more unique name made by T. Church, a long time resident - "Tillicum" being a Chinook Jargon word, meaning friendly meeting place for settlers and others. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |