| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into Buse Lake, E side Campbell Creek, SE of Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°37'59"N, 120°02'04"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 June 1926 on Ottawa file OBF 1140, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915 and as identified in Water Rights file 101-23-7 (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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Mis-spelled "Buce Creek" on Dominion Sectional sheet 111, Kamloops, 1916. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After William Henry Buse, local settler. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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William and George Buse started ranching at Hidden Vale, Campbell Creek, in the 1880s. George later moved to the prairies for some years, but returned to Campbell Meadows. Source: Place Names of the Kamloops District; Kamloops Museum, 1978 |