| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW into Okanagan Lake, N of Okanagan Mission, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°49'07"N, 119°30'16"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/13 |
| Related Maps: |
82E/11 82E/13 82E/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Bellevue Creek adopted 6 June 1922. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Former name, "Sawmill", was changed to avoid duplication. Labelled "Bellevue (Sawmill) Creek" on BC map 4K, 1923. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1922 by R.D. McCaw, BCLS, after the hotel of the same name, built around the turn of the century by Gifford Thomson, and located near the mouth of the creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Residents still call this Sawmill Creek, according to 1955 advice from Kelowna municipal staff. However, 23 water licences and 7 conditional licences have been issued to date, all in the name of Bellevue Creek: "....after discussion with certain local officials and Mr. R.P. McLean of the Kelowna Courier....I suggest (retaining the name) Bellevue Creek." (June 1955 letter from Mr. Ker, Kelowna Engineering Department) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 49 41 - 119 26 on 82E/11. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |