| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows E into Kootenay Lake, S of Kaslo River, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°52'24"N, 116°54'08"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/15 |
| Related Maps: |
82F/14 82F/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 October 1947 on Columbia River Basin manuscript, as an established local name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Misspelled "Byjerkness Creek" on BC map 4B, 1912. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named for Charles Bjerkness of Kaslo, who owned SL 10, Lot 4595, and who formed the Mirror Lake Ice Company in 1895 and operated it for many years thereafter. (Kaslo History) Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |
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Headwaters at 49 51 - 117 01 on 82F/14. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |