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Chester Creek

Category : Creek
 

The feature is likely named after Chester Day, a chainman on the J. A. Fletcher survey crew of May 1913. The word chester comes from the Latin word castra, meaning military camp.

Flows north into Cache Creek, 67 km north-east of Manning.

Location Name : Buhler Creek
National Topographic System (NTS) : 84 F/7
 
Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian
1-96-18-W5
 
Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
57° 18' N 116° 46' W
 
The content above is directly derived from :
Place Names of Alberta - Volume IV
Northern Alberta

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