Aka Creek
| Language of origin | Ktunaxa language |
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows W into Thunder Creek, E of Canal Flats (municipality), Kootenay Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°07'48"N, 115°16'25"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 30 May 1966 on 82 J/3, as labelled on BC Forest Service files, plans and records. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Kootaney word for "bullet". Note: this is not necessarily the traditional name. Source: Tolmie, W.F. & Dawson, G.M; Comparative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia; Geological & Natural History Survey of Canada, 1884 |