| 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: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On CPR, at junction of South Thompson River and Monte Creek, E of Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°38'59"N, 119°56'59"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Monte Creek (Post Office & station) identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Monte Creek (Post Office) 3 November 1932 on 82L.NW. Form of name changed to Monte Creek (community) 15 February 1983 on 82L/12. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Duck and Pringles Post Office was opened 13 June 1870, Jacob Duck postmaster. Re-named Monte Creek Post Office 1 October 1896. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"In 1863 Jacob Duck, a Englishman on his way out from the Cariboo gold rush, bought the ranch here from a Mexican called "Monte". The story goes that the Mexican was wanted for horse-stealing in the United States, believed that the law was about to catch up with him, and was in a hurry to sell. For only a few hundred dollars worth of gold dust, Duck bought the ranch which recently sold for over half a million dollars." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver; 1969. |