Abrams Creek

British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows N into Holmes River
53°20’21″N N 119°43’39” W — Map 83E/5 — GoogleGeoHack
Name officially adopted in 2010
Official in BCCanada

When a name for this creek was required for a water licence application, the British Columbia Geographical Names Office chose Abrams Creek to recall Ted Abrams, a Tête Jaune trapper from the years before the First World War who participated in the McBride trappers’ exchange for many years.

References and photo of Abrams in The Robson Valley Story by Marilyn Wheeler, pages 18, 228, 252, 360.

References:

  • Wheeler, Marilyn. The Robson Valley Story. McBride, B.C.: Sternwheeler Press, 2008
  • British Columbia Geographical Names. Abrams Creek

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