| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE then NE into head of Esquimalt Harbour, Esquimalt Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°27'15"N, 123°27'50"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/6 |
| Related Maps: |
92B/11 92B/12 92B/5 92B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mill Stream was adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913; not "Rowe Stream" as labelled on J.D. Pemberton's 1855 map "South-Eastern Districts of Vancouver Island", and on British Admiralty Chart 2689, 1859 et seq. Mill Stream confirmed 12 June 1934 on National Defence sheet, Victoria. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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In 1848 the Hudson's Bay Company built the first sawmill in British Columbia about 500m above the present Parsons Bridge, from whence lumber was shipped to the United States beginning in 1849. In 1850 a grist mill was built below the water-powered sawmill. (from "Lost in the Wilderness", Victoria Colonist, 1 December 1935, reprinted in BC Historical Quarterly Vol II, 1938, pp 31-54.) Also Mill Hill. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |