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Dawson Creek (City) / Kiskatinaw River

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Dawson Creek, BC (Nearby: Kilkerran, Pouce Coupe, South Dawson, Seven Mile Corner, Rolla)

10105 - 12A Street
Dawson Creek, British Columbia
V1G 4G4

British Columbia Tourism Region : Northern BC

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After Dr. George Mercer Dawson (1849-1901), the famous geologist who became the head of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1895.
A diminutive hunchback, Dawson showed heroic endurance in his surveys, which took him up and down the length of British Columbia. His excellent reports show a continual interest in place names.
In the summer of 1879, Dawson was travelling in this area and met Henry A.F. MacLeod, exploration engineer for the CPR. Although 'Dawson's Brook' appears on Dawson's subsequent map,
it may have been MacLeod who gave the name to this tributary of the Pouce Coupé River.
Kiskatinaw River - From the Cree Indian word for 'cutbank.'
With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.

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Nearby:	Iracard, 4km Kilkerran, 8km South Dawson, 8km Seven Mile Corner, 16km Rolla, 17km Urquhart, 12km Briar Ridge, 13km Valley View, 25km Sweetwater, 21km Rolla Canyon Ecological Reserve, 20km Tomslake, 25km Bessborough, 18km Doe River, 28km Gundy, 23km Arras, 19km Farmington, 23km Swan Lake Park, 29km	Upper Cutbank, 30km Willowbrook, 21km Tupper, 32km Kiskatinaw, 21km Shearer Dale, 35km Peace River Corridor Park, 38km Kiskatinaw River Park, 39km Parkland, 27km Fellers Heights, 27km Beatton River Park, 39km Kiskatinaw Park, 30km Tower Lake, 35km Clayhurst Ecological Reserve, 44km Sunrise Valley, 29km One Island Lake Park, 51km Clayhurst, 48km Progress, 30km	Flatrock, 56km Two Rivers, 51km South Taylor, 45km Sunset Prairie, 35km Kelly Lake, 58km Taylor Landing Park, 50km Goodlow, 64km Tremblay, 39km Baldonnel, 56km Willow Valley, 41km Cecil Lake, 64km Teko, 54km Horse Lakes 152B, 56km Groundbirch, 43km Cecil Lake Ecological Reserve, 73km Bearhole Lake Protected Area, 80km
Nearby Lakes and Mountains:	McWaters Lake, 16km Alcock Lake, 17km Klukas Lake, 17km Bear Mountain, 13km Toms Lake, 20km Swan Lake, 30km Peavine Lake, 40km Rat Lake, 25km Tower Lake, 35km Teepee Lake, 46km Murray Lake, 46km One Island Lake, 51km Cutbank Lake, 50km Beaverlodge Lake, 49km Twin Lakes, 53km Foster Lake, 54km Gauthier Lake, 56km	Kelly Lake, 59km Lockhorn Lake, 62km Tent Lake, 65km Sin Lake, 38km Campbell Lake, 67km Boot Lake, 65km Boundary Lake, 67km German Lake, 70km Wilde Lake, 42km Cecil Lake, 68km Scott Lake, 45km Norrie Lake, 44km Blackhawk Lake, 75km Salt Lake, 51km North Boundary Lake, 76km Muskeg Lake, 58km Hourglass Lake, 68km	Wasp Lake, 54km Favels Lake, 51km Gunn Lake, 87km Kirkland Lake, 90km Long Lake, 90km Little Prairie Lakes, 90km Chain Lakes, 89km Dennice Lake, 91km Trout Lake, 86km Quicksand Lake, 93km Mount Puggins, 60km Bearhole Lake, 84km Thunder Mountain, 92km Lone Mountain, 97km Hambrook Lake, 95km Footprint Lake, 96km

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