| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW into Fraser River at Red Rock, just S of Prince George, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°44'24"N, 122°42'25"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93G/10 |
| Related Maps: |
93G/10 93G/15 |
|
|
Origin Notes and History:
|
Adopted 10 July 1923 on BC map 3A, as submitted 18 May 1928 by BC Geographic Division (Ottawa file OBF 0804). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
|
Had been labelled "Twelve Mile Creek" on 1910 survey plan for L1961 (Field Book 196/10 ph 13). "Cale Creek (not Twelve Mile)" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
|
After W.H. Cale, pre-emptor of SW 1/4 Lot 1997 near the mouth of the creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
|
Headwaters at 53 45 - 122 31 on 93G/15. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |