Crescent Valley Regional District of Central 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. N side of junction of Slocan and Kootenay Rivers, W of Nelson, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Crescent Valley

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Crescent Valley

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

Name Description
Crescent Valley Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Crescent Valley

References to Crescent Valley that document the origin of its place name

Crescent Valley (Post Office & Station) adopted 7 July 1955 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 62, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915, and as identified in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Crescent Valley (community) 15 December 1982 on 82 F/5.

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

CPR's station was first called "Bourgeois' Siding" then changed to Crescent Valley (taped interview with Yvette Swanson conducted by Mrs. Osachoff of Winlaw; dates not provided)

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

Crescent Valley Post Office was opened 1 July 1910.

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

 

Regional District of Central Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27