Eight Mile Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Coursier CreekOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into S end of Lake Revelstoke, just N of Revelstoke, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°05'26"N, 118°10'39"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82M/1 |
| Related Maps: |
82M/1 82N/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Coursier Creek adopted 12 December 1939 on 82 M/1 and 82 N/4. Confirmed 7 July 1955 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 25. Name changed to Eight Mile Creek 5 December 1957 on 82 M/1 and 82 N/4, being the established local name. Coursier Creek reinstated 5 October 1960 on 82M/1. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |