Village of Salmo Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia

Village (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a village municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. NE of Trail, S of Nelson, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Village of Salmo

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

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

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

Name Description
Village of Salmo Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Village of Salmo

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

Salmo (Town) adopted 3 November 1932 on Geological Survey sheet 283A, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Incorporated as a Village Municipality 30 October 1946. Salmo (Village) confirmed 6 October 1955 on 82/SW.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

This location is labelled as "Laprairie" on Perry's Mining Map of Southern District of West Kootenay, 1893. See also the municipality's own website.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Salmo Post Office was opened 1 May 1897, Robert Ince postmaster. After the genus, Salmo, of fish, in association with the adjacent river, long-identified as "Salmon River".

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions  |  Province of British Columbia

Salmo is the Latin word for "salmon". The Salmo River is referred to as the "Salmon River" as early as 1859. The settlement first began as Salmon Siding, during the building of the Nelson and Fort Shepherd Railway.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of Central Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27