Canoe Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, 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. NE side of Salmon Arm (city), Kamloops Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Canoe

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Canoe

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

Name Description
Canoe Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Canoe

References to Canoe that document the origin of its place name

Canoe (Post Office) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Form of name changed to Canoe (Post Office & Station) 3 November 1932 on 82L/NW. Form of name changed to Canoe (Community) 15 December 1982 on 82L/14.

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

Canoe Post Office opened 1 September 1909.

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

The Indians found the beach at Canoe Creek a very good landing place for their canoes. Once there were a great many dugout canoes coming and going on Shuswap Lake. There are none now.

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

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27