| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into St. Mary River, NE of Cranbrook, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°35'58"N, 115°52'50"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/12 |
| Related Maps: |
82F/8 82F/9 82G/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 9th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1910. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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According to "History of the Cranbrook District" by S.L. Thrupp, 1929: "Named after Perrier, a French half-breed." Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Frank Perry, a halfbreed discoverer of gold here in 1867. (Bancroft, H.; History of the Northwest Coast; San Fransisco; 1884, p.526) Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |
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Headwaters at 49 25 - 116 11 on 82F/8. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |