Yankee Flats
| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of junction of Fowler Creek and Salmon River, W of Enderby, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°30'59"N, 119°22'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Yankee Flats (Settlement) adopted 1 October 1959 on 82L/NW as a local name according to 1958 Geographic Culture Check, and as listed on school card and 1948 Directory. Form of name changed to Yankee Flats (Locality) 29 November 1984 on 82L/11 and on Ottawa file 203-2. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Previously may have been called Salmon River Bench (Settlement), and/or Salmon Bench. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |