Beaverdell Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary, 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 West Kettle River, E of Penticton, Similkameen Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Beaverdell

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Beaverdell

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

Name Description
Beaverdell Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Beaverdell

References to Beaverdell that document the origin of its place name

Beaverdell (Village) adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on Geological Survey map 36A, Beaverdell, 1911. Form of name changed to Beaverdell (Post Office) in the 1953 BC Gazetteer; changed to Beaverdell (Community) 15 December 1982 on 82E/6.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Beaverton Post Office opened 1 November 1900. Renamed Beaverdell Post Office 1 May 1905.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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"The day was spent visiting claims on this mountain, and Beaverton, as it was then called, was reached at 9:30pm. This townsite, which is laid out on Beaver creek, about a mile and a half from the mouth, and Rendell, another townsite at the mouth of the creek, have since been amalgamated under the name of Beaverdell." (Report of the Provincial Mineralogist, 13 July 1901, Annual Report to the Minister of Mines 1901, p.1141)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01