| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Nine Mile Creek, Ninemile Creek |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into Fraser River just below Boothroyd, N of Boston Bar, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°56'29"N, 121°28'16"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/14 |
|
|
Origin Notes and History:
|
Identified as Nine Mile Creek in 1930 BC Gazetteer; form changed to Ninemile Creek 19 July 1938 on 92 H. Name changed to Ainslie Creek 23 July 1938 on 92 H. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
|
Under Water Record 8 June 1878, the Tsawawmuck Indian Reserve, through H. Graham, Indian Agent, claimed the water of Ainslie Creek which flows through the north corner of their reserve. In 1919, F.W. Knewstubb, Water Rights Branch Engineer, reported on another claim here: "Ainslie Creek (probably the same as Nine Mile Creek or Chaumox Creek) etc, etc....". This has been known in the Water Branch Records since then as Ainslie Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |