Deadwood Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into Motherlode Creek, W of Greenwood, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°06'05"N, 118°42'50"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 April 1959 on 82E/SE, as labelled on September 1905 edition of Departmental Reference Map 8, and 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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Boundary Historical Society advises that the early name of this creek flowing past Deadwood Townsite was "Motherlode Creek", and that the name "Motherlode" has since been mis-applied to the creek originally called Copper Creek, ie. the main creek flowing from Copper Camp/Copper Mountain into Boundary Creek. (January 1993 letter from Boundary Historical Society, file G.1.57) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |