Eholt Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. On Hwy 3, between Greenwood and Grand Forks, Similkameen Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Eholt

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Eholt

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

Name Description
Eholt Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Eholt

References to Eholt that document the origin of its place name

Eholt (Station) adopted 6 October 1955, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915 et seq; form of name changed to Eholt (locality) 11 July 1995 on 82 E/2.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Railway station & (70 car ?) siding on the divide between the North Fork of Kettle River and Boundary Creek. "Named after Louis Eholt who came into the district from Lillooet and took up land for cattle ranching here, and down Eholt Creek in 1890." (Rupert W. Haggen, BCLS, Origin of Place Names in Boundary District, 1945 manuscript, file H.1.45.). Eholt eventually became the CPR headquarters for hauling out the ore mined at Phoenix. Eholt Post Office opened 1 September 1899; closed 15 November 1948 - at the time of closing, the post office was situated in the SE portion of Lot 1222. Photocopy of Mr. Eholt's signature on file G.1.57. See also "Ghost Towns of British Columbia"

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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"...[Louis Eholt] took up the first ranch at Midway...six years ago." (letter from R.A. "Volcanic" Brown, responding to James White's survey of Postmasters, 1905.)

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

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Last updated: 2023-10-01