Pine Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Nigger Creek |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into Cariboo Lake, SE of Barkerville, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°47'43"N, 121°19'35"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93A/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Nigger Creek approved 12 December 1939 on Geological Survey map of Keithley Creek. Name changed to Pine Creek 20 April 1967 on 93A/14 Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Renamed in association with "Pine Creek Mining Company". Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |