Nevin Creek

British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows S into Fraser River, near Raush Valley Station
53.1947 N 119.9783 W — Map 083E04 — GoogleGeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1963
Official in BCCanada

The name “Nevin (King) Creek” appears on the 1915 Provincial Pre-emptor’s map.

Perhaps named for Slim Niven, “a well-known oldtimer who lived in Tête Jaune Cache during railway construction, around 1912,” according to Margaret McKirdy.

Not named after the Dunster old-timer and trapper John Niven who came from Scotland to Canada in 1923 and to B.C. in 1924.

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