| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows E into Okanagan River, NW of Osoyoos Lake, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°07'27"N, 119°34'18"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Stashtavalentha Creek (not Postolinden nor Testalinda)" adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Name changed to Testalinden Creek 7 June 1932 on OBF 1401, after correspondence between Okanagan Historical and Natural History Society and the Chief Geographer of B.C. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"I would recommend that 'Testalinden' be adopted as the permanent name, as this is the name given by Mr. Wm. Ralph, C.E. - the first record of this detail of which we know." - in final letter from BC's Chief Geographer to the Geographic Board of Canada dated 5 May 1932. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Testalinden Creek used by William Ralph, C.E. in his survey of Township #51, 20 August 1877. F.B.8/77 P.H.2, P.36-45. Stashta-Valentha Creek used by John S. Coryell, C.E. in his survey of Township #55, 21 August 1888. F.B.124/88 P.H.4. Tashtavalentha Creek used by J.S. Coryell, C.E. in his survey of Lot 301, Osoyoos District, Maylst, 1889. F.B.148/89 P.H.4. Stashta-velentha and Testalinden Creek both used on map of Yale district, 1906. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |