| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into Kootenay Lake near Boswell, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°25'34"N, 116°45'21"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 December 1937 on 82F/ E, as labelled on Geological Survey map 791, Kootenay, 1902, and on BC map 1EM, 1915, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Kootenay word meaning "horn" or "antler" (advice from linguist Randy Bouchard, June 1973, as received from Mrs. Marcilene Manuel, a Kootenay Indian living in Nanaimo). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Goat (12 Mile) Creek" on Geological Survey map East & West Kootenay District, 1898; labelled "Goat Creek" on BC map 4B, 1912. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |