| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE toward Shannon Lake in Westbank (community), opposite Kelowna, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°51'59"N, 119°37'04"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 December 1955 on 82E/NW, as labelled on BC map 4K, 1923. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Air photos from the 1950s through 1975 show the creek flowing into a flume, which drains southwesterly from McDougall Creek. Flume removed, drainage reconfigured and landscape recontoured in the mid-1980s, associated with development of golf courses. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably refers to John Davidson, settler in 1892, who in 1902 suggested the name "Westbank" for the soon-to-be-opened post office. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |