| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | ts'uḵw'umOfficial |
| Relative Location: | E side of Strait of Georgia, at Mission Point, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°26'49"N, 123°42'37"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Wilson Creek (Post Office) adopted 12 December 1939. Status changed to settlement and post office 28 July 1945. Status changed to settlement in 1977. Status changed to community 15 January 1982 on 92G/5. Name changed 26 March 2021 to ts'uḵw'um as recommended by shíshálh Nation and supported by District of Sechelt and Sunshine Coast Regional District. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Local name. Headwaters changed from east branch to west branch. Although this is sometimes said to have been named after Canon G.H. Wilson of St. Michael's Anglican Church, Vancouver, who built a cottage on a lot which he bought here in1914, the original Wilson of Wilson Creek appears to have been James Wilson who in the 1890's was a blacksmith in the Burns & Jackson logging camp here. (Entry for the creek in which the community gets its names from) Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "1001 British Columbia Place Names"; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |
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ts'uḵw'um is the shashishalhem name for Wilson Creek (community). (Advice form shíshálh Nation Stewardship and Territorial Land Management Division, 2019) Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |