British Columbia. Creek: Columbia River drainage
Flows SE. into Wood River from Mount Brown Icefield
52.2833 N 118.15 W — Map 83D/8 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1922 (Wheeler)
Name officially adopted in 1954
Official in BC – Canada
Flows SE. into Wood River from Mount Brown Icefield
52.2833 N 118.15 W — Map 83D/8 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1922 (Wheeler)
Name officially adopted in 1954
Official in BC – Canada
This creek appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 27 (surveyed in 1920 & 1921)
Boundary Commission Sheet 27 A (surveyed in 1921)
Boundary Commission Sheet 27 (surveyed in 1920 & 1921)
Boundary Commission Sheet 27 A (surveyed in 1921)
Probably named by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission which surveyed the area in 1920. Boundary comissioner Arthur Oliver Wheeler [1860–1945] mentions Jeffrey Creek in his 1922 article on Mount Brown and Mount Hooker.
References:
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. “The location of Mts. Brown and Hooker.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 12 (1921–1922):123-129