Beaton Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. Head of Beaton Arm Upper Arrow Lake, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Beaton

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Beaton

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

Name Description
Beaton Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Beaton

References to Beaton that document the origin of its place name

"Beaton (Post Office & settlement), not Evansport nor Thompson's Landing" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC Lands' map 1EM, 1915. Form of name changed to Beaton (Post Office and Steamer Landing) 4 October 1951 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 21; changed to Beaton (Post Office) 6 October 1964 on 82 K/NW; changed to Beaton (locality) 18 October 1979.

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

Thomsons [sic] Landing Post Office opened 15 June 1895. 1901 Field Book 61/01 ph.69 identifies this place as Thomson's Landing. Post office renamed Beaton Post Office 1 August 1902; ferry service cancelled June 1964; post office closed 30 August 1969.

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

Thomson's Landing and Trout Lake City both identified with the initials "T.L." on freight bills; confusion resolved in 1902 when Thomson's Landing was renamed Beaton, after the publisher of the Nelson Miner, and who was a partner of James William Thomson, Notary Public here in 1901, and owner of the townsite.

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

Originally Thomson's Landing after James William Thomson. When Thomson left in 1907, his partner, Malcolm Beaton, took over.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Columbia-Shuswap Regional District

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Last updated: 2023-09-27