| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows W and S into Granby River, N of Grand Forks, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°07'38"N, 118°26'58"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 November 1956 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 84, as identified on early water licences (licence no./date not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled Boulder Creek on 1897 map "Triangulation Survey of portion of Boundary Creek Country, Osoyoos District, shewing position of Mineral Monuments" and on BC Lands map of East & West Kootenay Mining Divisions, 1902, and on BC Lands map 28, Rossland, 1912; on all three maps this stream flows west through Lot 1852, Lot 1727 and Lot 1225 into Granby River opposite Lime Creek. At some later date, a flume was constructed in Lot 2852 diverting water southwesterly through Lot 3009 thence south into Granby River. [Note that the adjacent stream to the north is labelled Volcanic Creek on the 1897 and 1902 maps, and is labelled "Volcanic or Toronto Creek" on the 1912 map.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After H.P. Toronto, pre-emptor of Lot 1727 in 1898 (advice received from Water Rights Branch 23 October 1925). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |