| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW into Kootenay Lake between Riondel and Kootenay Bay (community), NE of Nelson, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°43'15"N, 116°51'49"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 January 1979 on 82F/10, as identified in Water Rights Branch files from July 1949 or earlier. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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This creek flows through SL96, SL30 and Lot 4595 in a SE-NW direction. "Yasodhara" is the spelling on the original application for water rights. (May 1963 advice from Water Rights Branch) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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"In 1906 a parcel of land was sold from Crown Granted land owned by the CPR [and] purchased by Robert Fraser Langford, who created a subdivision in 1907 called Yasodhara Estates. Yasodhara Creek and Langford Creek were both located on this parcel of land." (July 2011 information from Yasodhara Ashram Society, Kootenay Bay) Source: included with note |