British Columbia. Local name: Fraser River drainage
Local name of Castle Creek
53.2333 N 120.0333 W Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1909 (Washburn)
Not currently an official name.
Local name of Castle Creek
53.2333 N 120.0333 W Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1909 (Washburn)
Not currently an official name.
This local name appears on:
Collie’s map Yellowhead Pass 1912
Collie’s map Yellowhead Pass 1912
“Cottonwood River,” the local name of Castle Creek, was known to travel writer Stanley Washburn [1878–1950] 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