Glenemma Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia


Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. N. of N. end of Okanagan Lake, Kamloops Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Glenemma

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Glenemma

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

Name Description
Glenemma Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Glenemma

References to Glenemma that document the origin of its place name

Glenemma (settlement) adopted 7 February 1951. Form of name changed to Glenemma (locality) 29 November 1984

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia

Glenemma Post Office was opened 1 August 1895; closed 31 December 1922.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia

After Emma Phoebe Sweet (nee Deneys) wife of Kenneth Sweet, first postmaster. (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing Ok. 6:145-146).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia

 

Last updated: 2023-09-27