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Jack Elliott Creek
Maps with a red dot at the mouth of Jack Elliott Creek
Maps with a red dot at the mouth of Jack Elliott Creek
Maps with a red dot at the mouth of Jack Elliott Creek
Maps with a red dot at the mouth of Jack Elliott Creek
Location of the mouth of Jack Elliott Creek
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District Capital Regional District
Physical characteristics
Main source unnamed slope
783 m (2,569 ft)
48°31′35″N 124°13′27″W / 48.52632848976881°N 124.22420262455019°W / 48.52632848976881; -124.22420262455019
River mouth Loss Creek
117 m (384 ft)
48°29′33″N 124°16′00″W / 48.49250°N 124.26667°W / 48.49250; -124.26667

Jack Elliott Creek is a stream in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. Located on southern Vancouver Island, it flows from its source to its mouth as a right tributary of Loss Creek.

Natural history

The mouth of the creek, below British Columbia Highway 14, falls within Juan de Fuca Provincial Park.

Course

Jack Elliott Creek begins at an unnamed slope on the San Juan Ridge at an elevation of 783 metres (2,569 ft). It flows southwest, passes under British Columbia Highway 14, and reaches its mouth as a right tributary of Loss Creek at an elevation of 117 metres (384 ft), south east of the settlement of Port Renfrew. Loss Creek flows to the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Pacific Ocean.

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