Adopted 4 October 1945 on Hydrographic Chart #3579 as established on BC Lands Map 2A. Name changed 26 March 2021 to ts'uḵw'um as recommended by shíshálh Nation and supported by District of Sechelt and Sunshine Coast Regional District.

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff, file H.2.45.

Local name. Headwaters changed from east branch to west branch. Although this is sometimes said to have been named after Canon G.H. Wilson of St. Michael's Anglican Church, Vancouver, who built a cottage on a lot which he bought here in1914, the original Wilson of Wilson Creek appears to have been James Wilson who in the 1890's was a blacksmith in the Burns & Jackson logging camp here. (From Akrigg, G.P.V. and Helen B., 1001 British Columbia Place Names, Discovery Press, Vancouver, 3rd edition, 1973, page 190).

Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "1001 British Columbia Place Names"; Discovery Press, Vancouver, 1973, page 190.

ts'uḵw'um is the shashishalhem name for Wilson Creek. (Advice from shíshálh Nation Stewardship and Territorial Land Management Division, 2019)

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.