| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into upper Flathead River, SE of Fernie, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°22'47"N, 114°42'43"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 April 1950 on BC Lands' map 4D, as labelled on BC Lands' map 1EM, 1915, and on Dominion Sectional sheet #14, 1916. Altered application (headwaters channel) 4 September 1957 on Columbia River Basin manuscript #97 - field inspection confirms that west fork (not south fork) is the main stem. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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After Thomas Foisey, oldtimer who lived in the area; he was a miner and lumberman at Fernie and Flagstone, and was also district fire warden; identified on Voter's Lists through 1916, but not on 1920 Voter's List. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |