Jackpine Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into an unnamed tributary of Holmes River below Jackpine Pass, E of McBride, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°18'39"N, 119°24'13"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 15 April 2009 on 83E/6, as required for a water licence for Independent Power Production (WR file 7001810). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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A new name proposed by water licence applicant William F. (Duke) Peterson/Holmes Hydro Inc, likely because of juxtaposition with Jackpine River, whose headwaters are just over the divide in Alberta. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |