Cranberry Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into Upper Arrow Lake above Shelter Bay, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°42'58"N, 117°59'25"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/12 |
| Related Maps: |
82K/12 82L/16 82L/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904. Coordinates of mouth adjusted 18 November 1977 due to flooding behind the Columbia River dams. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Not labelled above fork on BC map 1EM, 1915, and Dominion Sectional sheet 112, 1916; north fork determined to be the main stream, draining the glacier north of Cranberry Mtn. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 50 44 -118 12 on 82L/9. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |