Brew Stream
Feature Type:Stream - Watercourse, smaller than a river.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: Flows W into NE end Kalamalka Lake, just S of Vernon, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 50°11'52"N, 119°15'44"W at the approximate mouth of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 82L/3
Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 5 May 1977 on 82L/SW, as identified on water licence. This is actually a spring freshet.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

"The manager of Coldstream Ranch Ltd, which firm owns the area, has advised that their company refers to the stream as Brew Stream..." (October 1972 letter from Coldstream Municipality, file V.1.50). Origin/significance not provided.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office