Name officially adopted in 1963
Earliest known reference to this name is 1909
Feature type: Creek
Province: British Columbia
Location: Flows SW into Fraser River, NW of Croydon
Latitude: 53°06’00” N
Longitude: 119°44’00” W
NTS map: 83E/4
Official name listed at BC Geographical Names
Also listed at Geographical Names in Canada
Google Maps
Earliest known reference to this name is 1909
Feature type: Creek
Province: British Columbia
Location: Flows SW into Fraser River, NW of Croydon
Latitude: 53°06’00” N
Longitude: 119°44’00” W
NTS map: 83E/4
Official name listed at BC Geographical Names
Also listed at Geographical Names in Canada
Google Maps
The name was known to Stanley Washburn in 1909, among those names “given by the trappers.”
References:
- Washburn, Stanley [1878-1950]. Trails, trappers and tenderfeet in the new empire of Western Canada. London: A. Melrose, 1912. University of Alberta
Also see:
Cochranes had an old homestead near the mouth of Horsey Creek where it ran into the Fraser River. It was situated a little north of the old ferry landing to Croydon. It had a large hayfield with very fertile soil. [The McInnes family lived in Croydon 1964-65.]