| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows E into Skeena River between Cedarvale and Terrace, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°52'50"N, 128°23'14"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103I/16 |
| Related Maps: |
103I/15 103I/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 November 1948 on 103NE, as identified in BC Mines Reports from 1884 onward, and as labelled on BC Lands' map 3C, 1919 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Altered application (headwaters only) 19 December 1961 on 103I/16 - the north branch is the headwaters channel. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named in 1884 by Harry McDame, who discovered and worked placer gold claims on this creek that year. Significance of "Lorne" is not recorded. [see extensive description of Lorne Creek geomorphology and placer mining history in BC Mines Report 1930, pp 154-157, in turn excerpted from Reports 1899 -1906, 1914.] Placer activity continues to this day. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |