British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows SW into Fraser River, NW of Croydon
53.1 N 119.7333 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
53.1 N 119.7333 W — Map 83E/4 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1909 (Washburn)
Name officially adopted in 1963
Official in BC – Canada
This creek appears on:
Collie’s map Yellowhead Pass 1912 [as “Horse Creek”]
Jobe’s map Jarvis Pass to Yellowhead 1915
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919 [Horsey Cr. (Horse)]
Collie’s map Yellowhead Pass 1912 [as “Horse Creek”]
Jobe’s map Jarvis Pass to Yellowhead 1915
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919 [Horsey Cr. (Horse)]
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. New York and London: Henry Holt, Andrew 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.]