| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows N into Fraser River E of Agassiz, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°19'06"N, 121°37'39"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/5 |
| Related Maps: |
92H/4 92H/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Wahleach Creek adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 422A, Hope, in association with Wahleach Island; not Jones Creek as labelled on Harris' 1913 map of New Westminster District. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Wahleach (Jones) Creek" on BC map 2B, 1914; identified as Jones Creek in BC Mines Report, 1917, p.300; labelled Wahleach Creek on Department of Interior sheet 1923 et seq. Origin/significance of "Jones" not known; note that the lake at the head of this creek was labelled "Jones Lake" on Harris' 1905 map of New Westminster District. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 49 12 - 121 39 on 92H/4. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |