Eholt Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into Boundary Creek just N of Greenwood, NW of Grand Forks, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°07'01"N, 118°40'31"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 November 1955 on 82/E as labelled on Geological Survey map #834, Boundary Creek, 1905, and on BC Lands' map 1EM, 1915. See Eholt (locality) for origin information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Identifed as Prior Creek on Triangulation Survey of Boundary Creek Country, 1897. Identified as Atwood Creek on another early map (title/date not cited). Origin/significance of "Prior" and "Atwood" not recorded. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |