Baynes Lake Regional District of East 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. E side lake Koocanusa, above mouth of Elk River, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Baynes Lake

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Baynes Lake

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

Name Description
Baynes Lake Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Baynes Lake

References to Baynes Lake that document the origin of its place name

Baynes Lake (Post Office) adopted 12 December 1939, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915, and as identified in 1930 BC Gazetteer; confirmed 2 December 1948 on Columbia River Basin manuscript # 51; form of name changed to Baynes Lake (community) 4 August 1981.

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

Baynes Lake Post Office opened 1 June 1904. GNR railway station "Baynes" is labelled on BC map 4D, Fernie, 1913.

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

"...after Andrew Bain [sic], who located land beside this lake in 1896." (James White, Place-names in the Rocky Mountains, published in Transactions, Royal Society of Canada, Sec III, Vol 10, March 1917, p.508)

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

Named after James Bayne, an Englishman (Post Office Survey, 1905). [Note that there is no letter re: Bayne/Baynes in British Columbia's copy of the Post Office Survey (1905 letters from Postmasters).]

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of East Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-21