Creighton Valley Regional District of North Okanagan, British Columbia


Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. SE of Lumby, E of Vernon, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

Creighton Valley: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Creighton Valley

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Creighton Valley

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Creighton Valley Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Creighton Valley

References to Creighton Valley that document the origin of its place name

Creighton Valley (farming settlement) adopted 1 March 1956 on 82L/SE, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915, and identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, and as identified in the 1951 census. Form of name subsequently changed to Creighton Valley (community).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia

Creighton Valley Post Office was opened 1 March 1897, W.H. Phillipps postmaster. Post Office closed 1 June 1917.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia

Named after John Creighton, first settler, 1884; a peppery Irishman; veteran of Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny; died 10 July 1890. (6th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia

 

Last updated: 2023-10-01