Priest Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW into Mission Creek, in Kelowna, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°50'44"N, 119°27'58"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 420A, Kettle River. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"This being in the immediate neighbourhood of the Mission, it is easy to understand the application of the name." Source: Laing, Frederick W; Geographical Naming Record, September 1938; unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives |
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"After the priests of the Okanagan Mission." (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948) Source: included with note |