Forgetmenot Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into Morkill River N of McBride, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°41'14"N, 120°26'10"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/9 |
| Related Maps: |
83E/12 83E/13 93H/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Forgetmenot Creek adopted 1 December 1925 on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 37. Also Forgetmenot Pass. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The first printed record of Forgetmenot Creek comes from the "Preliminary map of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, between Jarvis Pass and Yellowhead Pass" etc. by Mary L. Jobe, 1914. Previously had been recorded as North Fork of Morkill River. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |