Ptarmigan Creek Provincial Park and Protected Area is a narrow, steep-sided valley at the north end of the Cariboo Mountains Ecosection above the Upper Fraser Trench. The park protects 4,633 hectares of the intact watershed of the east branch of Ptarmigan Creek, a tributary to the Fraser River. The park protects an entire watershed which is habitat for caribou and grizzly bears. Ptarmigan Creek Park was established per Bill 17-2000: Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, 29 June 2000.
Adopted 1976 as required for water licencing purposes. In the absence of any known local name, “Teare” chosen by Water Rights Branch in association with Mount Teare at the head of the creek. Highway 16 and access road construction through Lot 5311 has diverted upstream drainage northwest through ditches adjacent to Hwy 16, thence into the Fraser River almost 1 mile north of the mouth of Teare Creek.
Perhaps for Horace Howard who is listed as a truck driver in the 1943 Valemount post office directory.
Origin of the name unknown.
Adopted in 1989 on as submitted by BC Recreational Fisheries Branch; descriptive of surrounding topography.
After Robert Blackmore, one of the party with R.H. Lee in 1895, on an exploratory trip to the Big Bend country. See 1895 field book 176A/1895, ph 3, Lillooet Land District.
The name “Blackmore” was first suggested for a nearby creek, already well known as Bulldog Creek (file C.1.53). “Blackmore” re-positioned to this feature, to retain the name in the immediate vicinity
Origin of the name unknown.
Origin of the name unknown.
Name required in 1991 for water licence; in the absence of any known local name, “Cranberry” chosen because historically, this creek used to flow out of Cranberry Lake.