| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW into Holmes River, E of McBride, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°17'48"N, 119°27'18"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/6 |
| Related Maps: |
83E/3 83E/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Goodell Creek adopted 2 March 2010 on 83E/5, as required for a water licence for Independent Power Production (WR file 7001808). Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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The water licence applicant, William F. (Duke) Peterson / Holmes Hydro Inc, suggested that the creek be named "Kelly Creek" after his granddaughter; rejected in favour of Goodell Creek, a name chosen to recall W.R. Goodell, an outfitter and guide who operated out of the Dunster-McBride area in the 1920s and 1930s. References to Goodell in The Robson Valley Story by Marilyn Wheeler; Sternwheeler Press, McBride, 2008; pp 31, 86, 137, 357, 366, 367, 414, 449, 653. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |