| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows E and N into Kootenay River, N of Cranbrook (City), Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°55'49"N, 115°46'17"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | MCR003 |
| Related Maps: |
82F/16 82G/13 MCR003 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 December 1937 on 92G/13 as appears in 1930 Gazetteer, labeled on Reference Map I.E.M. "Kootenay, Osoyoos, and Smilikameen Mining Divisions" (1915) and on Reference Map 4C "Cranbrook" (1936). Named in association with Skookumchuck Mountain. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"Skookumchuck" recorded as meaning "turbulent water" or "rapid torrent" in Chinook trade language. "Skookum" recorded as meaning strong and "chuck" recorded as meaning water. (Information from Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "British Columbia Place Names"; University of British Columbia Press 1997, p. 247.) Source: included with note |
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Previously labeled as "Skookum Chuck Creek" on Reference Map 4C 1912. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Headwaters at 49 55, 116 17 on 82F/16. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |