Fauquier Regional District of Central Kootenay, 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. E side of The Needles, Lower Arrow Lake, between Nakusp and Castlegar, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Fauquier

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Fauquier

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

Name Description
Fauquier Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Fauquier

References to Fauquier that document the origin of its place name

Fauquier (Post Office & Steamer Landing) adopted 1 January 1953 on Columbia River Basin manuscript #15, as labelled on BC Lands map 1EM, 1915. Form of name changed to Fauquier (Community) 31 December 1982 on 82E/16.

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

Fauquier Post Office was opened 11 June 1913, named after F.G. Fauquier, gold commissioner for Arrow Lakes Mining Division about 1885.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.  |  Province of British Columbia

"Named after F.G. Fauquier, pioneer rancher and fruit grower, son of Bishop Fauquier of Algoma [Sault St. Marie, Ontario.] In the 1890's served as government agent, mining recorder, customs officer and first policeman at Nakusp."

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

 

Regional District of Central Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27