Blackman Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into Hugh Allan Bay, E side Canoe Reach Kinbasket Lake, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°26'41"N, 118°39'01"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/7 |
| Related Maps: |
83D/10 83D/7 83D/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 22 February 1963 on 83D. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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During check for 1953 BC Gazetteer, this name was evidently confused with Blackmore Creek, which flows NE into Canoe River (now Canoe Reach) a little further north, hence the location of Blackman Creek is incorrectly described in that edition. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 52 35 - 118 32. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |