District of Logan Lake Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia

District Municipality (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a district municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. S of W end of Kamloops Lake, Kamloops Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on District of Logan Lake

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for District of Logan Lake

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

Name Description
District of Logan Lake Official

 

Origin Notes and History of District of Logan Lake

References to District of Logan Lake that document the origin of its place name

Logan Lake Village Municipality incorporated 10 November 1970; name confirmed 17 May 1951. Re-incorporated as a District Municipality (date not cited), called District of Logan Lake; name confirmed 29 November 1984 on 92I/7.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Name suggested August 1970 by Lornex Mining Corporation (letter, file M.2.28), in association with the lake of the same name. "The company-owned townsite is being developed to provide housing for workers employed at its nearby open-pit copper mine. It is following growth patterns associated with boom towns of the past..." (Victoria Colonist, 9 September 1970). Logan Lake Post Office was opened 9 August 1971.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Thompson-Nicola Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-02