Brookfield Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE. into Clearwater River, near junction of Clearwater and North Thompson Rivers, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°38'31"N, 120°04'35"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92P/9 |
| Related Maps: |
92P 92P/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 11 August 1921 for Geological Survey pub 1945, Clearwater, as an established local name (file N.1.21); not on printed sheet, which covers a lesser area. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Theodore Brookfield who settled nearby c1912; miner, machinist, violin maker, JP at Clearwater. Living at Kamloops in 1949. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |