Tyee Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into Ladysmith Harbour, Oyster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°00'05"N, 123°49'24"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/4 |
| Related Maps: |
92B/13 92G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Tyee Creek adopted 22 February 1979 as identified on Conditional water Licence 17669, 1947. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Identified as "Rock or Rocky Creek" on CWL 13066, 1936; identified as "Rocky Creek" in Environment Canada's Preliminary Catalogue of Salmon Streams (c1983 publication date; survey date not cited). Town of Ladysmith identifies the access road as Rocky Creek Road (2005 advice from Engineering staff). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 48 59 - 123 53 on 92B/13. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |