Vaseux Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into Okanagan River, between Penticton and Oliver, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°14'36"N, 119°31'48"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/4 |
| Related Maps: |
82E/3 82E/4 82E/5 82E/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Vasuex Creek (not Vaseaux)" adopted 13 April 1945 on Ottawa file OBF 0714, in association with Vaseux Lake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Was known as Sawmill Creek and McIntyre Creek because Peter McIntyre had a sawmill nearby. (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948). Source: included with note |
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Headwaters at 49 16 -119 23 on 82E/6. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |