| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into mouth of Hackett River just above junction with Shesley River, NW of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°15'37"N, 131°48'09"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104J/5 |
| Related Maps: |
104J 104J/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Egnell Creek (not Egnelle nor Egnelle's) identified in the 1st Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1898. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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After Albert Egnell, the clerk put in charge when the Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post nearby. Egnell was mining in the area in the 1880s, probably when the creek and mountain were first named; at some point he worked for HBC at Lower Post. In the 1892 and 1894 BC Directories, A. Egnell is listed as a fur trader, Liard Post. [See Egnell (settlement) for additional biographical information.] Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |