| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows E and N into Columbia River, opposite Radium Hot Springs, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°37'42"N, 116°06'38"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 March 1915 (Ottawa file OBF 0018). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Previously identified as "Number 2 Creek". Re-named during production of BC Lands' map 1EM, 1915, after Harold (Earnest?) Forster, member of the provincial legislature for the Columbia District. [served in that capacity 1912-16.] One H.E. Forester, prospector, is identified in BC Mines Reports 1894-1935. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"Mr. H.E. Forster, an Englishman who came to climb in the Selkirks in 1890... He settled in the Columbia Valley and was murdered at his ranch at Firlands [Radium] in 1939." (The Purcell Range of Britishy Columbia by J. Monroe Thorington, American Alpine Club, 1946, p.24) Source: included with note |