Celistown Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into Shuswap Lake, W of Magna Bay, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°56'45"N, 119°19'54"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Celistown Creek adopted 6 May 1954 on 82L/NW, as recommended by BC Geographic Division, not Celista Brook as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer and as labelled on Water Rights file 053524 (date not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Celista Brook named in association with Post Office, less than 1 mile west of the creek mount; adjusted to Celistown Creek to avoid confusion with long-established Celista Creek, 30 miles distant, but the Post Office namesake. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |