Catto Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into Wakeman River, SE of Rivers Inlet, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°21'36"N, 126°26'02"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/8 |
| Related Maps: |
92M 92M/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 March 1967 on 92M. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named to remember RCAF Sergeant John Harrison Catto, R97729, from New Westminster; serving as a Flight Engineer when he was killed 2 December 1943, age 20 (circumstances not cited). Buried at Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire, UK, grave C- F- 7. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |