| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into Vernon Creek, in Vernon, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°15'29"N, 119°17'01"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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B.X. Creek was adopted 11 January 1922, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915, and on BC map 4J, 1921. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Previously known as Deep Creek (early maps/dates not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This stream derives its name from the B.X. Ranch, east of Swan Lake, established c1868 by Francis Jones Barnard; pre-emption record issued 10 May 1873. The ranch in turn had been so-named because it served as a stock farm suppling horses for the B.X. (Barnard's Express) stage lines, operating on the Cariboo Road. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |