Elwyn Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into Mess Creek, SE of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°47'15"N, 130°59'28"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Elwyn Creek adopted 24 July 1945 on 104/SE as recommended by BC Geographic Division, not "14 Mile Creek" as labelled on BC Lands' map 5C, 1929. Re-approved 6 May 1954 on 104G. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Recommended by BC Geographic Division to avoid duplication; after T. Elwyn, the government Agent detailed to accompany the Western Union Telegraph Company party in 1866 in their explorations for an overland telegraph route via northern British Columbia & Alaska to the Bering Strait, thence to Asia and Europe. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |