Inkaneep Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows W then S into N end of Osyoyoos Lake, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°04'12"N, 119°30'17"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/4 |
| Related Maps: |
82E/3 82E/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 January 1923 on Ottawa file OBF 0714. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"[Indidenous] word meaning 'at the head of the lake' (Ok 3: 18-19) or 'creek which loses itself in the lake' (Albert Millar)." (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing their 3rd Report and advice from resident Millar, respectively) Source: included with note |
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Headwaters 49 07 - 119 21 on 82E/3. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |