British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows SE into Moose River, N of Moose Lake
52.9939 N 118.8672 W — Map 083D15 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1923
Official in BC – Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
Flows SE into Moose River, N of Moose Lake
52.9939 N 118.8672 W — Map 083D15 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1923
Official in BC – Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
This creek appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 31 (surveyed in 1922)
Boundary Commission Sheet 32 (surveyed in 1922 and 1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 31 (surveyed in 1922)
Boundary Commission Sheet 32 (surveyed in 1922 and 1924)
The headwaters of Resplendent Creek are on the eastern slopes of Resplendent Mountain. This creek was called “West Branch of the Moose River” on the 1912 map of Mount Robson by Arthur Oliver Wheeler [1860–1945]. After his explorations in 1912, Charles Doolittle Walcott [1850–1927] suggested changing the name to Hihuna River [1].
It appears as “Resplendent Creek” on Boundary Commission Sheet 31 (surveyed in 1922).
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References:
- 1. Walcott, Charles Doolittle [1850–1927], and Smithsonian Institution [founded 1846]. “Cambrian Formations of the Robson Peak District, British Columbia and Alberta, Canada.” Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 57, No. 12, Washington,D.C. (1913):328-343. Smithsonian Institution Archives [accessed 11 April 2025]