Baldwin Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into Fraser River, between Valemount and McBride, Cariboo Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°10'49"N, 119°57'04"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 June 1988 on 83 E/4, as required for water licence. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named to remember RCAF Pilot Officer Cecil Henry Baldwin, J46253; enlisted at New Westminster; serving as an Air Gunner when he was killed 6 December 1944, age 29 (circumstances not cited). Buried at Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Cheshire, UK, grave A-891. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |