Whiteman Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows E into NW end of Okanagan Lake, W of Vernon, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°14'03"N, 119°26'19"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 February 1932 as listed in the 1909 BC Gazetteer and labelled on BC Map 1EM "Kootenay, Osoyoos & Similkameen Mining Divisions", 1915, and BC Map 4J "Vernon", 1921 etc. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Shuswap name is Muh kli num, referring to birch trees. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |
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Labelled as "Pack River" on Edward Mohun's Map of British Columbia, 1884. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |