| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into Dennis Lake, an expansion of headwaters of Zymoetz River, W of Smithers, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°46'08"N, 127°25'28"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93L/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Silvern Creek adopted 6 October 1936 on GSC 368A, Smithers; not "Silver Creek" as labelled on BC Lands' map 3D, 1913 & 1922, and on Canadian Geological Survey sheet of Hudson Bay Mountain [date not cited] - spelling adjusted to avoid confusion caused by duplication (file H.2.39). Re-approved 23 April 1940 on Geological Survey sheet 368A, Smithers. Also Silvern Lake. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Earliest mention of "Silver Creek" might be Report of Minister of Mines 1906, containing a report by W.F. Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, recounting his September 1905 journey to the mining claims near this creek. See also Interior News of June 21, 1913 for mention of Silver Creek group of mining claims. (Information provided March 2010 by area historian Alan Pickard, former resident of the Bulkley Valley.) Source: included with note |