Hayes Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S and SE into Similkameen River, just below Princeton, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°27'41"N, 120°21'56"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/8 |
| Related Maps: |
92H/8 92H/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Hayes Creek (not Five Mile Creek)" adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Re-approved 2 December 1948 on Columbia River Basin manuscript #73, and 15 October 1969 on 92H/9. Origin/significance not recorded. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |