| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into Kootenay River NE of Kimberley, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°41'13"N, 115°41'51"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/12 |
| Related Maps: |
82G/12 82G/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Mather Creek (not Cherry Creek)" adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer; re-approved 7 December 1950 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 55. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Cherry Creek labelled in this position on Geological Survey sheet 147A, Cranbrook, 1915; Mather (Cherry) Creek labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Robrt D. Mather, owner of the ranch at the mouth of this creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Robert D. Mather was a merchant at Wild Horse River during the gold excitement and afterwards. He was the Crown Grantee of Lot 656, pre-empted by Barrack Mapwell Jenkings 1 January 1872. He also was the legatee for Lot 655, pre-empted by George Taylor 13 May 1868. Source: Laing, Frederick W; Geographical Naming Record, September 1938; unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives |