| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into Canoe Reach Kinbasket Lake, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°38'14"N, 118°59'38"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/10 |
| Related Maps: |
83D 83D/10 83D/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 February 1954 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 78 (file C.1.53). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The name "Blackmore" was first suggested for a nearby creek, already well known as Bulldog Creek (file C.1.53). "Blackmore" re-positioned to this feature, to retain the name in the immediate vicinity Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Robert Blackmore, one of the party with R.H. Lee in 1895, on an exploratory trip to the Big Bend country. See 1895 field book 176A/1895, ph 3, Lillooet Land District. 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 37 - 119 01. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |