Cherry Creek is a creek located in the

Okanagan The Okanagan ( ), also known as the Okanagan Valley and sometimes as the Okanagan Country, is a region in the Canadian province of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canadian portion of the Okanagan River. It is part ...

region of

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

. The south fork of Cherry Creek is known as

Monashee Creek Monashee Creek is located in the Old Cherryville region of British Columbia. The south fork of Cherry Creek (British Columbia), Cherry Creek is called Monashee Creek. The Silver Lead In the early 1870s silver was discovered on the south side of Mo ...

. Cherry Creek was discovered in the 1800s and mined for gold. The Creek was mined in the 1800s by Christien, Schneider, Bissett, and Leblanc. Chinese and European miners worked Cherry Creek. The largest

gold nugget :''"Gold nugget" may also refer to the catfish Baryancistrus xanthellus or the mango cultivar Gold Nugget.'' A gold nugget is a naturally occurring piece of native gold. Watercourses often concentrate nuggets and finer gold in placers. Nuggets a ...

found in Cherry Creek weighed 8 to 9 ounces with a value of $130. Cherry Creek flows west into the

Shuswap River The basin of the Shuswap River (pronounced /ˈʃuːʃwɑːp/) lies northeast of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, originating in the central Monashee Mountains. It is the upper part of the drainage better known to British Columbians as belo ...

, east of Vernon.

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Rivers of the Okanagan {{BritishColumbia-river-stub