Blue Springs Regional District of North Okanagan, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. Just E of Lumby, E of Vernon, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Blue Springs

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Blue Springs

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

Name Description
Blue Springs Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Blue Springs

References to Blue Springs that document the origin of its place name

Blue Springs (settlement) adopted 1 March 1956 on 82L/SE, as labelled on BC Lands & Works map of the West Division of Kootenay District, 1897 et seq; form of name changed to Blue Springs (Locality) 29 November 1984.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Blue Springs Post Office opened 1 October 1892, Alexander Macdonell PM; closed 1 February 1896.

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A nearby spring has worn a small basin in the ground in which the water looks blue. "BlueSpring" is labelled on Geological Survey of Canada's 1898 map 669, Shuswap, as a hydrographic feature.

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Regional District of North Okanagan

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01