Guichon Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into Nicola River just W of Merritt, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°08'39"N, 120°53'08"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/2 |
| Related Maps: |
92I/10 92I/2 92I/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 June 1927 on BC map 4M, 1927. Also Mount Guichon. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Joseph and Pierre Guichon, "Old Country French," not French-Canadians, who settled in the district in 1873. Joseph Guichon later founded the Guichon Cattle Co. Ltd. at Quilchena, and became one of British Columbia's cattle kings. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |