Albert Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW and N into Illecillawaet River, just E of Mount Revelstoke National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°08'15"N, 117°52'16"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 30 June 1906. Also Albert Canyon, Glacier, Peak. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Albert L. Rogers, nephew of Major A.B. Rogers (namesake of Rogers Pass), who assisted his uncle in exploring the CPR route 1881-82. (The Selkirk Range, Vol.1, by A.O. Wheeler, 1905, p.419). Albert Rogers died at Waterville, Washington 16 May 1929; obituary in Victoria Colonist 18 May 1929, p.1. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |