Scotch Creek
| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of Shuswap Lake just above outlet to South Thompson River, NW of Salmon Arm (city), Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°53'59"N, 119°27'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Scotch Creek (Post Office) adopted 6 May 1954 on 82L/NW. Identified as Scotch Creek (settlement) in the 1977 cummulative supplement to the 1966 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Scotch Creek (community) 30 April 1982 on 82L/14. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Scotch Creek Post Office opened 14 May 1958, named after the Scottish miners here in the 1860s. Post Office closed 30 June1970. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |