| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into North Thompson River near Vavenby, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°34'43"N, 119°46'29"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82M/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 21 November 1961 on 82M/12, as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer and as identified in Water Rights Branch file 6367 (date not cited). Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Origin/significance not recorded - this stream doesn't follow a meandering path or have the curlicue shape typically associated with the term "peavine" Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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"Pea Vine Prairie identified in Ocean to Ocean, p.317; identified in 1898 Voter's List (Pridgeon)." Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |