Franklin Creek
| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Franklin RiverOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into Sproat Narrows, Alberni Inlet, S of Port Alberni (city), Barclay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°06'09"N, 124°48'59"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Franklin Creek adopted 13 August 1945 on C.3609, as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913 et seq, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Franklin River 4 March 1947 on 92F/2. Confirmed 8 July 1948 on C.3609. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |