DCHP-2

creek DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  any freshwater stream smaller than a river.

  • In the Atlantic Provinces, and occasionally on the West Coast, the older sense of creek, "tidal estuary, saltwater inlet," has been retained, a small freshwater stream usually being called a brook.

• 2 n. — Placer Mining

  the creeks, streams and adjacent diggings yielding gold.