Deodar Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into Hlina Creek, N of Celista on N side of Shuswap, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°56'59"N, 119°21'27"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 May 1954 on 82L/NW, as identified in water licences after 1952. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Identified as "Cedar Creek" on early water licences; changed on water licences c1952 by Water Rights Branch to avoid confusion with numerous other "Cedar" creeks. Deodar (Cedrus deodara) is a cedar originally grown in India for ornamental purposes, the name derived from the Sanskrit devadAru, literally, "timber of the gods." Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |