Christian Valley Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. W side of Kettle River, S of mouth of Rendell Creek, Similkameen Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Christian Valley

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Christian Valley

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

Name Description
Christian Valley Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Christian Valley

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

Christian Valley (settlement) adopted on Columbia River Basin manuscript 88, as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Christian Valley (locality) 29 November 1984 (Ottawa file 203-2).

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 Joseph Christian, trapper, the first settler here. This Joseph Christian was a cousin of Joseph, Louis and Charles Christian, who settled in the Okanagan region in the 1860s and 70s. (Rupert W. Haggen, BCLS, "Origin of Place Names in the Boundary District", 1945 manuscript)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01