Spanish Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows N into Cariboo River below Cariboo Lake, SE of Quesnel, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°39'27"N, 121°28'34"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93A/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 April 1936, as labelled on BC map 3G, 1935, in turn as labelled on Amos Bowman's 1887 map of the Cariboo Mining District. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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"Spanish Creek, situated about 14 miles above Mitchell's bridge, on N fork Quesnel River; a party of 9 Chinamen are at work, making Chinese wages..." (Victoria Colonist, 15 August 1866, p.3, under the heading Cariboo Mining Intelligence, reprinted from The Barkerville Sentinel.) Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |