Ruby Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into Fraser River, above Harrison Lake, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°21'07"N, 121°36'23"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 April 1955 on 92H, as labelled on BC Lands' map 2B, 1914, and on BC Forest Service map of Harrison Drainage, 1939, and on BC Lands' map 4P, 1946. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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The label "Ruby Creek" is omitted from BC Map 1K, 1925, implying (incorrectly) that Garnet Creek flows directly into the Fraser River. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |