Edgewater Regional District of East 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. Between Radium Hot Springs and Brisco on E side of upper Columbia River, N of Invermere, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Edgewater

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Edgewater

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

Name Description
Edgewater Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Edgewater

References to Edgewater that document the origin of its place name

Edgewater (Post Office) adopted 4 March 1953 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 46, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Edgewater (community) 15 December 1982 on 82K/9.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Edgewater Post Office was opened 15 July 1913, situated on Lot 12, Bl 1, Townsite E, being part of Lot 353, Gp 1, District of East Kootenay (Plan 2T116, Townsites locker). New location received 20 July 1939.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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In 1910-11 this 'townsite' was called Marlborough, in papers of Columbia Valley Orchards, the latter being incorporated and gazetted in 1911. (18 November 1967 letter to the Provincial Archives from Mrs. H.H. Moore, Box 130, Edgewater).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Regional District of East Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-21