Floods Fraser Valley 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. S side of Fraser River near Hope airfield, just W of Hope, Yale Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Floods

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Floods

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

Name Description
Floods Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Floods

References to Floods that document the origin of its place name

Floods (station) adopted 7 April 1955, as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Floods (community) 16 June 1983.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Labelled "Flood" on BC Lands' map 2B, 1914, being the spelling of the post office name, opened 1 December 1913 on property belonging to William Lewis Flood, early builder and sawmill operator in the Hope district, who settled here in 1894. Date of opening Floods station, as named by CNR, not recorded.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Fraser Valley Regional District

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-30