Trinity Valley
| Feature Type: | Valley (1) - Long relatively narrow depression, commonly containing a river or other water feature. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Vernon and S end Mabel Lake, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°24'59"N, 118°56'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision on 82L/SE. Established name - on CGS Map, Shuswap, 1898. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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The valley was named early in the 1890s by James H. Christie, settler at the foot of Mabel Lake in 1892. The creek gets its name from the valley. (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1848, citing W. O. Procter; H. J. Blurton). Source: included with note |