Alberta. Former name
Head of Muddywater Creek
Not currently an official name.
Head of Muddywater Creek
Not currently an official name.
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Felix, Mount
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Selkirk Range
British Columbia. Mountains
Extends S from Big Bend, Columbia River, into Montana,
50.5 N 117.5 W — Map 082K12 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1959
Official in BC – Canada
Extends S from Big Bend, Columbia River, into Montana,
50.5 N 117.5 W — Map 082K12 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1959
Official in BC – Canada
This mountains appears on:
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919
Selkirk Mountains
Thomas Douglas
5th Earl of Selkirk
Wikipedia
These mountains were originally called “Nelson’s Mountains” by David Thompson [1770–1857], after Horatio Nelson, the hero of Trafalgar.
After the union of the North West Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company [1670–] in 1821, the mountains were renamed in honour of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk [1771-1820].He was noteworthy as a Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada at the Red River Colony.
References:
- British Columbia Geographical Names. Selkirk Mountains
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Cranberry (Railway point)
Meadowland Creek
Alberta. Creek: Smoky River drainage
Tributary of Jackpine River, headwaters at Loren Pass
53.5217 N 119.7022 W — Map 083E12 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1925
Official in Canada
Tributary of Jackpine River, headwaters at Loren Pass
53.5217 N 119.7022 W — Map 083E12 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1925
Official in Canada
This creek appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 35 (surveyed in 1923)
Boundary Commission Sheet 36 (surveyed in 1923)
Boundary Commission Sheet 35 (surveyed in 1923)
Boundary Commission Sheet 36 (surveyed in 1923)
Descriptive.
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Salmon River
British Columbia. Former name: Fraser River drainage
Headwaters N of McBride, W of Morkill
Not currently an official name.
Headwaters N of McBride, W of Morkill
Not currently an official name.
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Blackbear Creek
British Columbia. Former name: Fraser River drainage
Former name of Bastille Creek
53.85 N 120.4167 W Google — GeoHack
Not currently an official name.
Former name of Bastille Creek
53.85 N 120.4167 W Google — GeoHack
Not currently an official name.
This former name appears on:
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919
Brownlee Road
British Columbia. Road
W of McBride
Roads are not in the official geographical names databases
W of McBride
Roads are not in the official geographical names databases
Jensen Road
British Columbia. Road
Forks off Sansom Road W of McBride
Roads are not in the official geographical names databases
Forks off Sansom Road W of McBride
Roads are not in the official geographical names databases
References:
- Wheeler, Marilyn. The Robson Valley Story. McBride, B.C.: Robson Valley Story Group, 1979
- McBride Cemetary. Grave markers. 2000
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Taggart Lane
British Columbia. Road
Village of McBride
53.3042 N 120.1639 W Google — GeoHack
Roads are not in the official geographical names databases
Village of McBride
53.3042 N 120.1639 W Google — GeoHack
Roads are not in the official geographical names databases
Doug Taggart with Horses. Date unknown.
Valley Museum & Archives Society
Douglas H. Taggart was mayor of McBride from 1969 to 1977 or later. He served on the McBride Hospital Board at its inception in 1954. His wife was Ellen Lillian Porrier Taggart [1923-2014].
Derr Creek
Alberta. Creek: Athabasca River drainage
Flows S into Miette River near Yellowhead Pass
52.8853 N 118.3803 W — Map 083D16 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1900 (McEvoy)
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in Canada
Flows S into Miette River near Yellowhead Pass
52.8853 N 118.3803 W — Map 083D16 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1900 (McEvoy)
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in Canada
This creek appears on:
Jobe’s map Jarvis Pass to Yellowhead 1915
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1923
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 (surveyed in 1917)
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 A (surveyed in 1917)
Jobe’s map Jarvis Pass to Yellowhead 1915
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1923
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 (surveyed in 1917)
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 A (surveyed in 1917)
Named by James McEvoy [1862–1935] after S. Derr, a packer and guide from Edmonton.
Fourteen miles in a straight line from the Athabasca, Derr Creek, the largest tributary of the Miette, fiows in through three separate mouths. The valley is here wider than elsewhere and the dry open tract of grassy land between the branching mouths of Derr Creek is known as Dominion prairie.
— McEvoy 1900
References:
- McEvoy, James [1862–1935]. Report on the geology and natural resources of the country traversed by the Yellowhead Pass route from Edmonton to Tête Jaune Cache comprising portions of Alberta and British Columbia. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada, 1900. Natural Resources Canada
- Karamitsanis, Aphrodite [1961–]. Place names of Alberta. Volume 1: Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1991
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