Welcome to Coal Creek ...

So far, we found very little information about Coal Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Coal Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Coal Creek, please Contact Us.

A typical abbreviation for Coal Creek: Coal Crk. (or less commonly used: Coal Ck. or Coal Cr.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Coal Creek is 4,900 feet [1,494 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Coal Creek is about 1 mile [or 1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Coal Creek was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: MST- Heure Normale des Rocheuses (HNR).

Communities Also Named Coal Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Coal Creek - they are located in Alaska, Colorado (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Montana, New Brunswick, Oklahoma and Washington (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Coal Creek.

Communities near Coal Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Coal Creek.

• Fernie
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernie
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fernie <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Fernie
  • From Coal Creek to Fernie
• Sparwood
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparwood
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparwood <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sparwood
  • From Coal Creek to Sparwood
• West Fernie
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fernie
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to West Fernie
  • From Coal Creek to West Fernie
• Morrissey
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrissey
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Morrissey
  • From Coal Creek to Morrissey
• Hosmer
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosmer
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hosmer
  • From Coal Creek to Hosmer
• Corbin
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Corbin
  • From Coal Creek to Corbin
• Elko
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elko came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <3>
• Galloway
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galloway came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
• Jaffray
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaffray came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaffray
• Crowsnest
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowsnest
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Crowsnest
  • From Coal Creek to Crowsnest

Adding Coal Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Coal Creek was mentioned on a train schedule titled Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899).

We also found Coal Creek on a map titled Gulf Oil Map of British Columbia (1925).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Coal Creek.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/