| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into Skeena River at Terrace, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°30'22"N, 128°33'52"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/10 |
| Related Maps: |
103I/10 103I/7 103I/8 103I/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Thornhill Creek adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 3M, 1916. Confirmed 2 June 1950 and 4 October 1951 on 103I. Application of mid-stream portion altered 8 February 1988 on 103I/7. Application of headwaters extended 5 September 1989 to a swampy area on 103I/8. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Location of headwaters requires further investigation; field check by Water Management Branch might confirm far reaches on 103I/9. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after pioneering resident Thomas Thornhill, who arrived in this area in the 1890s and took up Lot 374. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |