British Columbia. Creek: Columbia River drainage
Flows SW into Canoe Reach
52.2833 N 118.55 W — Map 83D/7 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1896
Name officially adopted in 1935
Official in BC – Canada
Flows SW into Canoe Reach
52.2833 N 118.55 W — Map 83D/7 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1896
Name officially adopted in 1935
Official in BC – Canada
James Baker
Wikipedia
Named after Colonel James Baker [1830-1906], Provincial Secretary and Minister of Mines for British Columbia from 1892 to1898.
Adopted 5 March 1935 on Jasper Park south map. First labelled on a map published in 1896 (title not cited in BC files) (information provided by H. Nation, 1934).
Baker Creek is also the local name of Holliday Creek in the Fraser watershed.
References:
- British Columbia Geographical Names. Baker Creek
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