| Feature Type: | Valley (1) - Long relatively narrow depression, commonly containing a river or other water feature. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Surrounds midsection of Inonoaklin Creek, W side of Lower Arrow Lake above Edgewood, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°53'34"N, 118°11'35"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904, as labelled on Perry's 1893 Mining Map, on BC Lands' 1897 & 1902 maps of the Kootenay District, on Geological Survey of Canada maps 791 & 792, West Kootenay, published in 1900 & 1904 respectively; and as identified in Geological Survey Report Vol XII, 1899, pp 79A-83A, and in BC Mines Report, 1901. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Fire Valley is so called from the fact that a fire swept up the valley and killed all the trees on both hillsides..." (BC Mines Report, 1901, p.1129) [date of fire not recorded] Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Year of the namesake "fire" not recorded; the earliest reference in government records is "Fire Valley Creek" (since renamed Inonoaklin Creek) identified on 1890 surveys for Lots 182A and 183A (Field Book 49/90 ph 2). Another notation speculates that the red granite surrounding this valley might be the origin of the name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |