Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 3 November 1949 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 16 as a well-known local name, and as labelled on Geological Survey sheet 791, West Kootenay, 1900, and as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, etc.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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