Duck Creek (Wynndel P.O.)
| 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: | Not official |
| Other Names: | WynndelOfficial, Duck Creek |
| Relative Location: | E side of Kootenay River, just N of Creston, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°10'47"N, 116°33'08"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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The compound name "Duck Creek (Station) - Wynndel (Post Office)" adopted 9 September 1924 on Canadian Geological Survey sheet 2044, Creston. Name changed to Wynndel (Post Office) 3 July 1947 on Columbia River Basin manuscripts 3 & 4; subsequently changed to Wynndel (community) . Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |