Belisle Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into Smith Creek, SE of Fraser Lake, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°58'03"N, 124°33'39"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93F/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 March 1988 on 93F/15, as required by Water Rights Branch to identify a licence on the adjacent storage reservoir. 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 Canadian Army Private Joseph Ovila Marcien Belisle, K48903; from Vancouver; serving with Perth Regiment, RCIC, when he was killed in action, 8 January 1945, age 22. Buried at Argenta Gap War Cemetery, Italy, grave IV, E, 17. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |