| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows N into Fraser River, E of Mount Robson, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°01'26"N, 119°13'15"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/3 |
| Related Maps: |
83D/14 83E/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 15 December 1989 on 83E/3. 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(s), "Cochrane" was suggested by BC Parks supervisor, Mount Robson Provincial Park. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Commemorates twins Arthur John Cochrane (1891-1941) and Thomas Walter Cochrane (1891-1967) who were well known and much admired locally. They arrived in the area in 1911 to work on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in the McBride area. The brothers homesteaded in the Robson valley, and worked with Curly Phillips and Roy Hargreaves at Robson & Berg Lake, respectively. (bio supplied by daughter-in-law, Ishbel Cochrane, file M.1.63). See also Phillips/Hargreaves/Cochrane/Mt. Robson Ranch details, received March 1982, file M.1.63) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |