British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows SW into Fraser River, NW of Croydon
53°06’00” N 119°44’00” W — Map 83E/4 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1909 (Washburn).
Name officially adopted in 1963
Official in BC – Canada
Flows SW into Fraser River, NW of Croydon
53°06’00” N 119°44’00” W — Map 83E/4 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1909 (Washburn).
Name officially adopted in 1963
Official in BC – Canada
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. Hathi Trust
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.]