| Language of origin | Not defined: Indigenous origin |
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE and S into Fraser River, S of Lytton, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°06'19"N, 121°33'51"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 October 1936 on 92I/W as labeled on Lands Map 2B, "New Westminster & Yale," 1914, and on Department of Interior Lytton Sectional Sheet, West of Sixth Meridian 111 (date not cited). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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May have formerly been labelled as: Quoieek Creek, Yale #33-1912, Whyeek Creek. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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According to J. Teit of Spences Bridge (1917), "Kwoiek" may mean "bored". Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"From the Thompson [Simpcw] word meaning 'gouged out,' referring to a large chunk missing from the canyon wall." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "British Columbia Place Names"; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |