| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW into Kakwa River NE of Kakwa Lake, N of McBride, Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°04'30"N, 120°05'09"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93I/1 |
| Related Maps: |
93H/16 93I/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Cecilia Creek adopted 1 December 1925 on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 39; not Cecilia River as labelled on "Exploration Map...from the Wapiti River to the Fraser River" by Dimsdale & Gray, 1928, and on "Topographic map of Headwaters of McGregor River" by A.J. Campbell, BCLS, 1929. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mr. G. Kilpatrick, pastor of St Andrews Church in Ottawa, visited this area in 1923, and suggested this name after the daughter of a friend (11 February 1957 letter from Geographic Board of Canada, file P.1.47). Also Cecilia Lake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 53 57 - 120 01 on 93H/16. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |