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Barbara Creek

Category : Creek
 

This creek was named 16 July 1922 and was officially confirmed 10 November 1945. Miss Barbara Anne Burrows (1922-?) is the daughter of the some time Forest Supervisor at Entrance who was wounded during the Second World War. It is after Miss Burrows, a noted Edmonton musician and critic, that this creek was named.

Flows north-west into Wildhay River, approximately 28 km north north-west of Hinton.

Location Name : Gregg Lake
National Topographic System (NTS) : 83 F/12
 
Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian
1-54-26-W5
 
Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
53° 38' N 117° 42' W
 
The content above is directly derived from :
Place Names of Alberta - Volume I
Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills

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