Village of Lumby Regional District of North Okanagan, British Columbia

Village (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a village municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. E of Vernon, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Village of Lumby

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Village of Lumby

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

Name Description
Village of Lumby Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Village of Lumby

References to Village of Lumby that document the origin of its place name

Lumby (Post Office & Station) labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Incorporated as a Village Municipality 20 December 1955. Lumby (Village) confirmed 1 March 1956 on 82L/SE.

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White Valley Post Office was opened 1 August 1889, Peter Bisset/Bessette postmaster. Re-named Lumby Post Office 1 February 1894.

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Named after Moses Lumby, pioneer settler of the district and one time Government Agent at Vernon, who did much statistical work to show reasons for opening the Okanagan Valley to rail transportation. He originally settled south of Enderby. (Rupert W. Haggen, BCLS, Origin of Place Names in Boundary District, 1945 manuscript, file H.1.45.)

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Moses Lumby, farmer, settled here in 1870. Born in England 1842; came to BC in 1862; mined in Cariboo; farmed near Monte Creek, east of Kamloops 1865-70 and carried mail to Big Bend Mines. Later a JP. Vice-President, Shuswap & Okanagan Railway, 1886. Government agent, Vernon, 1891-93. Died 23 October 1893. (12th Report, Okanagan Historical Society, 1948)

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Regional District of North Okanagan

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Last updated: 2023-10-01