| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows E into Incomappleux River, SE of Revelstoek, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°48'30"N, 117°38'15"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Menhinick Creek adopted 9 June 1960 on 82K, as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, not Menhenick Creek as spelled on Geological Survey sheet 19A, Lardeau, 1911, nor Menhinich Creek as spelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Cory Menhinick, a tinworker or mining engineer who prospected in this area. See also Camborne. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Cory Menhinick was a hard rock prospector and developed claims on Incomaplex Creek and its tributaries. He later moved to a ranch on Saltpring Island, where spends the winters and sometimes visits the Kootenay country. Source: Laing, Frederick W; Geographical Naming Record, September 1938; unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives |