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War Dead To Have Creeks Rivers Islands Named After Them
BC will honor 23 World War II servicemen by naming lakes creeks and islands for them. Since 1950 about 700 features have borne names, with relatives able to request Certificates of Remembrance. Names include Belzile Creek, Berge Islet, Bratko Lake, Brewer Creek, Bryant Lake, Burton Creek, Campbell Creek, Carlsen Islet, Doran Creek, Good Creek, Janze Creek, Kessler Creek, Magee Creek, Mount Mahaney, Marr Islet, Mulwain Creek, Routh Islet, Shadforth Creek, Sheard Lake, Shirlaw Lake, Sims Islet, Mount Swope and Watt Islet.
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Steve Weatherbe
SNS
British Columbia
Geographic Names Office
Ministry of Crown Lands
Crown Lands
Dave Parker
Belzile Creek
Chelaslie River
Tweedsmuir Park
Carlsen
Blind Bay
Powell River
Harvey Morris Carlsen
Vancouver
Doran
Nelson Kenny
Quesnel
William L. Doran
Bralorne
George Good
Harrison Lake
George A. Good
Chilliwack
Janze
Terrace
Robert L. Magee
Abbotsford
Mount Mahaney
Galton Pass
Grassmere
William H. Mahaney
Elko
Marr Islet
RCN
David Marr
Mulwain
Smithers
Percival A. Mulwain
Cedarvale
Routh Islet
John Meredith Routh
Shadforth
Anzac River
McLeod Lake
Hubert G. Shadforth
Sheard
John Richard Sims
Mount Swope
Overford Mountain
John N. Swope