Caesars Regional District of Central Okanagan, British Columbia

Landing (1) - A coastal or shore location where boats may put in to load or unload. W side of Okanagan Lake, opposite Okanagan Centre, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Caesars

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Caesars

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

Name Description
Caesars Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Caesars

References to Caesars that document the origin of its place name

Caesars (Steamer Landing) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazeteer as a long-established local name. Confirmed 7 February 1951 on 82L/SW. Form of name changed to Caesars (Landing) in the 1966 Gazetteer.

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 Northcote Henry Caesar, the first settler in this vicinity. Born at Downton, Wiltshire, England in 1865, arrived here May 1893. Soon after arriving he built a small steam launch, "Wanderer", 39 1/2 feet long, and was in business on Okanagan Lake. For more information see Okanagan Historical Society's 12th Report, 1948.

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

"With this boat we hauled booms of logs to the saw mill at Kelowna, ore from Morning Glory Mine to the mill near Okanagan Landing, dynamite to Penticton as the S.S. Aberdeen was not allowed to carry it with passengers....cricket teams to Trout Creek and Okanagan Landing for Vernon games....we also did odd jobs." (N.H. Caesar)

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 Central Okanagan

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Last updated: 2023-09-27