Mill Creek

Mill Creek is a stream in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia. Mill Creek is situated nearby to the locality Woodfibre, as well as near the area Shannon.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Watts Point volcanic centre.

Watts Point volcanic centre

Volcano

The Watts Point volcanic centre is a small outcrop of Pleistocene age volcanic rock at Watts Point in British Columbia, Canada, about 10 kilometres south of Squamish and 40 kilometres north of Vancouver, and just north of Britannia Beach. Watts Point volcanic centre is situated 4 km southeast of Mill Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodfibre and Lions Bay-Britannia Beach.

Woodfibre

Locality

Photo: Keefer4, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Woodfibre, originally Britannia West, was a pulp mill and at one time a small company town, on the west side of upper Howe Sound near Squamish, British Columbia. The mill closed in March 2006.

Stretching along the eastern shore of Howe Sound, Lions Bay to Britannia Beach is a series of small communities and parks offering some gorgeous views, outdoor recreation and 30 km of some of the most spectacular driving in Canada.

Squamish

Photo: gotovan, CC BY 2.0.

Squamish is a town of about 20,000 people in the Sea to Sky region of British Columbia half-way between Vancouver and Whistler. Squamish calls itself "the Outdoor Recreation Capital of Canada" due to the abundant rock climbing, hiking, mountain biking, golf, fishing, kayaking, bouldering, white-water rafting, horseback riding, scuba diving and other activities readily available in the area.

Mill Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude

49.6665° or 49° 39′ 59″ north

Longitude

-123.25422° or 123° 15′ 15″ west

Elevation

13 metres (43 feet)

Open location code

84XRMP8W+H8

GeoNames ID

6073896

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