Frances Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into Forster Creek, W side of Steamboat Mountain NW of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°37'08"N, 116°11'05"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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Frances Creek (not "No.3 Creek") adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, in association with Forster Creek. Re-approved 5 March 1953 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 46. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after the daughter of H.E. Forster, sometime member of British Columbia Legislature. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |