| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE then E into Kootenay River, S of Canal Flats (community), Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°05'33"N, 115°47'10"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/4 |
| Related Maps: |
82F/16 82J/4 82K/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 20 February 1915 on Ottawa file OBF 0031, as labelled on BC Lands' map 1EM, 1915. Re-approved 15 December 1950 on 82F/16 - a long-established and well-known local name. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"Possibly named for Jacques (Jace) Raphael Finlay [sic] - a well-known hunter and trader on the Upper Columbia in the days of David Thompson [c1811-1817]. Later there were two brothers of this name working as outfitters in the East Kootenay." (© The Purcell Range of British Columbia by J. Monroe Thorington, American Alpine Club, 1946, p.85) Source: included with note |
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Jacques Finlay's granddaughter, Rosalie, married Alexander Morigeau, son of François Morigeau. (October 1991 advice from namesake's gr/gr/gr/granddaughter Grace Webber, file C.2.53) See also Mount Findlay. Source: included with note |