| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Stanton CreekOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into Franklin River, just NE of the head of Knight Inlet, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°06'00"N, 125°32'36"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/4 |
| Related Maps: |
92N 92N/3 92N/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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McCallum Creek adopted in 3 April 1928, as labelled on Don Munday's 1924 sketch of the Waddington area. Name changed to Stanton Creek 5 October 1960 on 92N, being the well-established local name and as identified in Forest Service records. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"After Major A.R. McCallum, RAF, killed in the Great War." [note: no WW I fatality Major/McCallum in Commonwealth War Graves Commission records. One Arthur Richard McCallum was serving as a Lieutenant, 3rd Training Depot Station, RAF, killed 29th August 1918, age 25. Son of Arthur Campbell McCallum & Caroline Kinghurst McCallum, Victoria; husband of Esmee McCallum. Buried at Andover Cemetery, Hampshire, UK, grave G- 264A.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |