Shingle Creek, British Columbia

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Shingle Creek is an unincorporated community in the southeastern Thompson Plateau of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, named after the stream of the same name, a tributary of the Okanagan River which joins that stream in the city of Penticton. [1]

Coordinates: 49°31′N119°48′W / 49.517°N 119.800°W / 49.517; -119.800

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References

  1. "Shingle Creek". BC Geographical Names.