Place names in the Canadian Rockies

King Creek

Feature type: creek
Province: British Columbia
Location: Local name of Nevin Creek

King Creek was known to Stanley Washburn in 1909, among those with names “given by the trappers.” A 1915 map shows “Nevin (King) Creek.”


References:

Washburn, Stanley 1878-. Trails, trappers and tenderfeet in the new empire of Western Canada. London: A. Melsors, 1912.
  Available at the Glenbow Library: Call Number 971.1 W315t


Related place names:
Nevin Creek
Comments? Spiral Road- Place Names - 22 September 2002