Dalby Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into Tanzilla River, just S of Dease Lake, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°23'08"N, 129°55'52"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104I/5 |
| Related Maps: |
104I 104I/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 January 1952 on 104 I, as labelled on 1938 sketch plan of Dease Lake - Boulder Creek Road, and on BC Reference Map 73 (date not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after an old prospector who had a claim here, but no indication if "Dalby" was the prospector's family name or a given name. [Note: one W.Dalby is identified as the Mining Recorder at Bennett Lake in 1902, according to that year's BC Mines Report, p.309.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |