Rock Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S and E into Kettle River, E of Osoyoos, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°03'29"N, 118°59'51"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/2 |
| Related Maps: |
82E/2 82E/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 June 1922 as recommended by BC Geographic Division and as labelled on the Royal Engineer's preliminary map of the International Boundary, March 1862; and on Epner's 1862 Map of the Gold Regions of British Columbia; and on Trutch's 1871 map of British Columbia, etc;, not Baker Creek as labelled on BC Reference Map 7B (date not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |