Ireland Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW. and NW. into Shuswap River, S. of Mabel Lake, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°23'23"N, 118°46'54"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision on OBF 0669. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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After De Courcy Ireland who lived in Squaw Valley along the creek in the 1890s when the area was surveyed by the Province; pre-empted, 1895; abandoned, 1900; a son of Charles Warburton Ireland who came from New Zealand and was police magistrate, Vernon, in the 1890s. Previous name, Slacks, after George Slack, pre-emptor, 1891; abandoned 1895. (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing W. G. Procter; J. G. Simms). Source: included with note |