| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into Kootenay Lake, S of Crawford Bay, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°31'25"N, 116°46'58"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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"La France Creek (not Lafrance)" adopted 21 October 1903, as labelled on 1895 map of British Columbia. Re-approved in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, for Ottawa file OBF 0073, now 82F. Re-approved 4 September 1947 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 8. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after a well-known old prospector in the West Kootenay District, who prospected up this creek (dates not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Elzear Nazarre La France pre-empted land on the east shore of Kootenay Lake, and for a number of years resided at the mouth of Gray Creek." Source: Laing, Frederick W; Geographical Naming Record, September 1938; unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives |