Category talk:Valleys of British Columbia

Valleys that aren't valleys

Mercifully, nobody's added this category to Lynn Valley though a knee-jerk response might yet happen on that count; Lynn Valley as most editors here know is a neighbourhood, not a valley in the geographic/region sense. it occurred to me that other valley placenames in BC should definitely NOT get this category:

• Sunshine Valley, British Columbia (the rainy resort near Hope, formerly Tashme, one of the Japanese internment camps)
• Glen Valley, British Columbia, east of Ft Langley, actually the valley of Nathan Creek, or the swamp around it rather, since drained to farmland
• Cedar Valley, British Columbia, the neighbourhood in Mission (Dewdney at Cedar, roughly)
• Silver Valley, British Columbia, the neighbourhood in Maple Ridge, actually in the valley of the Alouette River
• Miracle Valley, British Columbia, the Salvation Army retreat/detox in the McConnell Creek area north of Hatzic (part of "Greater Mission")

No doubt there are others around the province; these ones struck me as worth noting here.Skookum1 (talk) 15:00, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Just searched Basemap (use "[letter]% valley" for wildcards): Christian Valley Locality 82E/10

• Cinnabar Valley, Community, NTS 92G/4
• Creighton Valley, Community, NTS 82L/2
• Crescent Valley, Community, NTS 82F/5
• Dogwood Valley, Community, 92H6
• Deep Valley Indian Reserve 92K/7
• Fountain Valley, British Columbia, Locality 92I/12 (near Fountain, British Columbia but not quite teh same thing)
• Garnet Valley, Community 82E/12
• Happy Valley, British Columbia, Community 92B/5 (see Happy Valley)
• Hemlock Valley, Recreational Community, 92H/5
• Kettle Valley, Community, 82E/2
• Marron Valley, Locality, 82E/5
• Nemiah Valley, locality, 920/5
• Paradise Valley, British Columbia, locality, 92H/7 Squamish area (lower Cheakamus River; see Paradise Valley)
• Pine Valley, British Columbia (Cariboo), Community, 93B/1 see Pine Valley)
• Pine Valley, British Columbia (Pine Pass), Locality, 93O/9 see Pine Valley)
• Prairie Valley, Community, 82E/12
• Priest's Valley Indian Reserve 6, Indian Reserve, 82L/3
• Raush Valley, Railway Point, 83E/4
• Salmon Valley, Community, 93J/2
• Salmon Valley, Railway Point, 93J/2
• Shady Valley, Community, 93G/15
• Sun Valley, British Columbia, Community, 92G/7, around Cedar & Prairie in Port Coquitlam (sunny, hah!)
• Sunrise Valley, Locality, 93P/15
• Three Valley, Railway Point, 82L/16
  • Three Valley Gap, British Columbia, actually and informally; "Gap" is not part of the official name
• Trinity Valley, Community, 82L/7
• Turtle Valley, Community, 82L/13
• Willow Valley, British Columbia, Locality, 93P/15 (near Dawson Creek)

Some of those probably need disambig'ing. The "locality" entries like Nemiah are probably valleys; but not necssarily....and I don't really like that Nemiah is in teh valleys cat; i.e. there's a physical valley named Nemiah Valley, but the name really only means the community; many "valley" listigns in BCGNIS/Basemap are uninhabited, or nearly so.... And I just had to add here Valley of the Moon, which is near Cariboo Mountain/Mount Fosthall area west of Upper Arrow Lake....that link probably goes to Idaho or other places....but now I'm curious why this palcename exists...guess I'll check BCGNIs when I'm done here....Also Valley of the Rocks in the Rockies, on the AB border.Skookum1 (talk) 15:27, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

here is the first page of five pages of results for "% valley" at BC Names, those extant valley articles that do not yet have citations or coords can probably be found on these pages].Skookum1 (talk) 05:15, 24 June 2013 (UTC)