District of Elkford Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia

District Municipality (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a district municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. W side of Elk River at Boivin Creek, NE of Fernie, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

District of Elkford: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on District of Elkford

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for District of Elkford

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
District of Elkford Official

 

Origin Notes and History of District of Elkford

References to District of Elkford that document the origin of its place name

Elkford (Post Office) adopted 10 June 1971 on 82J/2 at 50° 01' - 114° 55'. Incorporated as a Village municipality 16 July 1971. Elkford (Village) was increased in size 6 January 1976 by the addition of a northern portion centred around the Fording Coal minesite at 50° 11' - 114° 53'. Re-incorporated as a District Municipality 9 October 1981, called District of Elkford. Name confirmed 14 October 1988 at 50° 03' - 114° 53' (townsite portion) and 50° 11' 20" - 114° 52' 40" (minesite portion). Boundary expansion of northern/minesite portion of municipality per Order in Council 158, 5 March 2009.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Elkford Post Office was opened 16 November 1971, its name a combination of "Elk" from Elk River and "Ford" from Fording Coal Ltd: "The community of Elkford is being developed at the confluence of Boivin Creek and Elk River in the Elk Valley 25 miles north of Sparwood, by Fording Coal Ltd (a subsidiary company of Cominco) in conjunction with [their] contract to supply 45,000,000 long tons of coking coal to the Japanese steel industry..." (February 1971 letter from Regional District of East Kootenay, file C.2.53.)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Regional District of East Kootenay

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Last updated: 2023-10-21