City of Salmon Arm Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia

City - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a city municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. SW end of Shuswap Lake, E of Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

City of Salmon Arm: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on City of Salmon Arm

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Salmon Arm

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

Name Description
City of Salmon Arm Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Salmon Arm

References to City of Salmon Arm that document the origin of its place name

Incorporated as a District municipality 15 May 1905. "Salmon Arm (Municipal District)" adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, p.357, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Salmon Arm (District Municipality) confirmed 6 May 1954 on 82L/NW. Re-incorporated as a City Municipality per Order in Council 89, 11 February 2005, effective 14 May 2005, to be known as City of Salmon Arm.

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

"Takes its name from Shuswap Lake's southwest arm, which in turn was named back in the days when the salmon swarmed up its creeks and river in such numbers that the settlers pitchforked them out of the water and used them for fertilizer on their fields." [see also the municipality's own website.]

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973.  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Columbia-Shuswap Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27