Coulee Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows N into Sunset Creek, W side Kiskatinaw River NW of Dawson Creek (city), Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°51'33"N, 120°48'06"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93P/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Coulee Creek adopted 5 July 1951 on 93P/15; not Deep Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Local name is Deep Creek, but as Deep is duplicated, this feature named Coulee, a prairie term meaning a deep gully." (correspondence from Geographic Board of Canada, July 1951, file D.1.49) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |