Field 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. In Yoho National Park, NE of Golden, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Field

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Field

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

Name Description
Field Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Field

References to Field that document the origin of its place name

Field (Station) adopted 1 March 1904 in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada. Identified as Field (Post Office & Flag Station) in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, then Field (Post Office) in the 1953 Gazetteer. Confirmed as Field (Post Office & Station) 1 May 1958 on 82N/8. Form of name changed to Field (community) 31 March 1983 on 82N/8.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Field Post Office was opened in 1886.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Named by CPR railway officials in 1884, after Cyrus West Field (1819-1892), an American merchant who had laid the first Atlantic cable, 1858, and a second line in 1866; Mr. Field was visiting the Canadian Rockies the year that CPR named the station and nearby mountain after him.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Columbia-Shuswap Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27