Gray Creek
| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Crawford Bay, Kootenay Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°37'59"N, 116°47'03"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Gray Creek (Post Office), not Ironton" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Form of name changed to Gray Creek (settlement) on Columbia River Basin manuscript 9. Form of name changed to Gray Creek (community) 14 January 1983 on 82F/10. See Gray Creek (creek, 82F/10) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Gray Creek Post Office was opened 1 February 1908. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |