Blackloam Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. SE side City of Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Blackloam

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Blackloam

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

Name Description
Blackloam Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Blackloam

References to Blackloam that document the origin of its place name

Blackloam (settlement) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Form of name changed to Blackloam (locality) 4 June 1959 on 92I/9; confirmed as a locality 24 August 1978 on 92I/NE, following amalgamation into the City of Kamloops.

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

Blackloam Post Office opened 1 May 1913; situated on Sec 26, Tp 19, R 17, W6M. Post Office closed 31 May 1921.

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

... a deliberate misnomer, given about 1910 by land developers to part of the Rose Hill area in the attempt to induce settlers to populate the dry belt. Neither the name nor the arable farmers persisted; the land reverted to cattle.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Place Names of the Kamloops District; Kamloops Museum, 1978  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Thompson-Nicola Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-02