McMurdo Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into Spillimacheen River, E of headwaters of Beaver River, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°08'00"N, 117°05'29"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 8 September 1932 on 82N/3 as labeled on Rocky + Selkirk Mountains Map (1914). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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McMurdo Creek named to remember Mr. McMurdo who is recorded to have been "the original dicoverer or mineral in the country." (BC Mines Report, 1888, p. 310 - BC Name Cards) Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |