| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows N into Peace Reach, Williston Lake, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°54'01"N, 123°09'40"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93O/14 |
| Related Maps: |
93O/10 93O/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Clearwater Creek adopted 2 September 1954 on 93O, to conform to local usage, and as labelled on BC map 1E, 1917, not "Eauclaire Creek" as submitted by boundary surveyors. Altered application (headwaters only) 10 February 1994 on 93O/14, after Fisheries Branch advised that Clearwater Lake was not the headwaters of the creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Clearwater River" on BC map 3E, 1922. When boundary descriptions were being prepared in 1935, C.E.Tildesley and F.O.Morris suggested that a unique name was preferrable to the local name "Clearwater", and submitted the French form "Eauclaire". Labelled "Eauclaire (Clearwater) Creek" on BC map 3E, 1945. Clearwater Creek adopted 2 September 1954 on 93O, to conform to local usage, and as labelled on BC map 1E, 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |