Alderson Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW into Fortune Creek, E of Armstrong, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°27'45"N, 119°09'00"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 February 1951 on 82 L/SW, as listed in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Rev. R. Alderson, owner of S1/2 Lot 990, 13 April 1890. Previously known as Bob Wright Creek; no indication in BC files why that name was not satisfactory. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |