| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Other Names: | Clendenning Creek |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into Elaho River, NE of Queens Reach lekw'emin (inlet), Lillooet Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°19'51"N, 123°34'37"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Clendenning Creek was adopted 6 September 1951 on 92J. Spelling changed to Clendinning Creek 19 September 1990 on 92J/5 - the correct spelling of the family name as verified by Personnel Records Division, National Archives of Canada, September 1990. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named to remember Canadian Army Sergeant William Henry Clendinning, MM, K37627, from Trail; serving with the 28th Armoured Regiment, British Columbia Regiment, RCAC, when he died of wounds 14 September 1944, age 35. Buried in Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Maldegem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium; grave X. A. 4. Sgt. Clendinning was survived by his wife Josephine and their 3-year old son, in Trail, and by his father Andrew Clendinning, in Northern Ireland. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |