Wiggs Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW. into Gramaphone Creek, N of Smithers, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°58'21"N, 127°17'47"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93L/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 22 April 1985 on 93 L/14, as proposed by L. Williamson, Water Management Branch, Smithers. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Name required for water licence; in the absence of any known local name, "Wiggs" proposed, after W.J. ( "Wiggs") O'Neill, who oversaw the clearing of the Smithers townsite in 1913. Born at Barkerville in 1882, O'Neill stayed on in the new townsite, eventually building a garage, theatre and electric lightplant. Died at Smithers in 1964, age 82. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |