Alberta. Creek: Smoky River drainage
Flows N into Kakwa River
54.2681 N 119.2728 W — Map 083L06 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1917 (Jobe)
Name officially adopted in 1950
Official in Canada
Flows N into Kakwa River
54.2681 N 119.2728 W — Map 083L06 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1917 (Jobe)
Name officially adopted in 1950
Official in Canada
This creek appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 38 (surveyed in 1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 39 (surveyed in 1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 38 (surveyed in 1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 39 (surveyed in 1924)
Origin of the name unknown. Mary Lenore Jobe Akeley [1878–1966] mentions Copton Creek in the report on a 1917 winter journey.
References:
- Jobe Akeley, Mary Lenore [1878–1966]. “A winter journey to Mt. Sir Alexander and the Wapiti.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 9 (1918):58-65