Park Rill
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into Okanagan River, between Vaseux and Osoyoos Lakes, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°12'14"N, 119°32'58"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/4 |
| Related Maps: |
82E/4 82E/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 420A, Kettle River, as labelled on Trutch's 1871 map of BC, et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Alexander Caulfield Anderson's 1867 map labels "parc" in this vicinity, perhaps meaning "corral". Trutch's 1871 map labels Park Rill, flowing into "Chutes Lake" between "Vasuix Lake" and "Osoyoos Lake". Note that Rill is an old term for stream or rivulet, derived from the Dutch ril or Low German rille. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 4916 - 119 43 on 82E/5. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |