British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows S into Fraser River S of Raush River
53.1947 N 119.9783 W — Map 083E04 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1915 (Pre-emptor’s map)
Name officially adopted in 1963
Official in BC – Canada
Flows S into Fraser River S of Raush River
53.1947 N 119.9783 W — Map 083E04 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1915 (Pre-emptor’s map)
Name officially adopted in 1963
Official in BC – Canada
This creek appears on:
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919 [Nevin (King) Creek]
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919 [Nevin (King) Creek]
The name “Nevin (King) Creek” appears on the 1915 Provincial Pre-emptor’s map. The creek is still referred to locally as “King Creek.”
Perhaps named for Slim Niven, “a well-known oldtimer who lived in Tête Jaune Cache during railway construction, around 1912,” according to Margaret McKirdy of Valemount.
Not named after the Dunster old-timer and trapper John Niven who came from Scotland to Canada in 1923 and to B.C. in 1924.
References:
- BC Archives. John Niven interview. 1960 BC Archives: John Niven interview, 1960s. BC Archives: John Niven interview, 1960s
- Valemount Historic Society. Yellowhead Pass and its People. Valemount, B.C.: 1984
- McBride Cemetary. Grave markers. 2000
- McKirdy, Fern. “The early history of the Yellowhead and Tête Jaune.” Canoe Mountain Echo, (2 & 9 September 1987)