Cherryville Regional District of North Okanagan, 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. SE of junction of Cherry Creek and Shuswap River, E of Vernon, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Cherryville

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Cherryville

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

Name Description
Cherryville Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Cherryville

References to Cherryville that document the origin of its place name

Cherryville (Post Office) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Cherryville (settlement) 1 March 1956, then to Cherryville (Community).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia

Camagna Post Office opened here 1 November 1909; closed 15 April 1919. Re-opened as Cherryville Post Office 1 October 1919; closed 30 April 1947. At the time of closing the post office was situated on NW 1/4 Sec 28.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia

Formerly Camagna, after E. Camagna who pre-empted land here in 1909, and was postmaster until 1919. Cherryville is descriptive. See also 12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia

 

Last updated: 2023-10-01