Anglemont Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. N shore of Shuswap Lake, E of Magna Bay, Kamloops Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Anglemont

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Anglemont

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

Name Description
Anglemont Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Anglemont

References to Anglemont that document the origin of its place name

Anglemont (Post Office) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915; confirmed 3 November 1932 on 82L/NW; form of name changed to Anglemong (community) 15 December 1982 on 82 L/14.

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

Anglemont Post Office was opened 1 August 1914, named after nearby Angle Mountain (in turn named in 1877 by G.M. Dawson because of the angle formed by Seymour Arm of Shuswap Lake).

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

 

Columbia-Shuswap Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27