| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into N end of Lower Arrow Lake, at Edgewood, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°46'48"N, 118°08'16"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/16 |
| Related Maps: |
82E/16 82L/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Inonoaklin (not Sanderson) Creek" adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904, as labelled on Trutch's 1871 map of British Columbia and on numerous subsequent maps. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This feature is labelled "Inonoaklin R." on Trutch's 1871 map of British Columbia. Labelled "Fire Valley Creek" on 1890 surveys for Lots 182A and 183A (Field Book 49/90 ph 2). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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From an [Indigenous] word meaning "winding waters" Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |