NRCan's Geographical Names database lists Tenise Creek as an official Kootenay Land District name, mouth at 50.596111, -116.735556. It runs stream order 4 (mid-network on a scale that runs from 1 for a headwater trickle up to 6 or more for a full river), stretches roughly 8 km, and is the smallest of the
Rory,
Tea and Tenise trio grouped with
Howser Creek on Duncan Lake's west shore.