Shingle Creek is a tributary of the Okanagan River, joining the Okanagan within the City of Penticton, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, after rising on the eastern slopes of Mount Brent in the southern Thompson Plateau

Thompson Plateau

The Thompson Plateau, also known as the Okanagan-Thompson Plateau, forms the southern portion of the Interior Plateau of British Columbia, Canada, lying to the west of Okanagan Lake, south of the Thompson River and to the east of the Fraser River...

 to the west of the city, approaching it via the south flank of Mount Nkwala

Mount Nkwala

Mount Nkwala, formerly Niggertoe Mountain, is a mountain in the Okanagan Valley of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, located immediately west of and overlooking the city of Penticton and the south end of Okanagan Lake.-Name origin:...

, which overlooks the city. It has been variously mapped as the Beaver River, Beaver Creek, and Riviere aux serpents. The unincorporated community of Shingle Creek

Shingle Creek, British Columbia

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....

, to the west of Mount Nkwala, is named for this stream.