British Columbia. River: Fraser River drainage
Flows N into Fraser River at Tête Jaune Cache
52.9681 N 119.4611 W — Map 83D/14 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1900 (McEvoy)
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in BC – Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
Flows N into Fraser River at Tête Jaune Cache
52.9681 N 119.4611 W — Map 83D/14 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1900 (McEvoy)
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in BC – Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
In 1871-72, Canadian Pacific Railway surveyors Roderick M. McLennan [1805–1908] and Charles Horetzky [1838–1900] made a reconnaisance from the Big Bend of the Columbia River up to the North Thompson River.
McLennan left Kamloops on 19 August 1871 and in October decided to winter his party in the vicinity of Tête Jaune Cache. He built a camp four or five miles upstream from the Canoe River on what consequently came to be named Camp Creek. In 1872 he undertook an expedition to Moose Lake [1].
“The stream here called McLennan River, its real source, is also known as Mica Creek,” reported Munday in 1925 [2].
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References:
- 1. McLennan, Roderick M. [1805–1908]. “Progress Report of Exploation from Yellow Head Pass westerly by the Cariboo District and by the North Thompson River. Appendix 4.” In Fleming, Sandford, FRSC KCMG [1827–1915]. Progress Report on the Canadian Pacific Railway Exploratory Survey. Ottawa: Canadian Pacific Railway, 1872
- 2. Munday, Walter Alfred Don [1890–1950]. “In the Cariboo Range – Mt. David Thompson.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 15 (1925):130-136, p. 136