Glenrosa Regional District of Central 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. W side of Powers Creek in West Kelowna (municipality), W side of Okanagan Lake opposite Kelowna, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Glenrosa

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Glenrosa

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

Name Description
Glenrosa Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Glenrosa

References to Glenrosa that document the origin of its place name

Decision on OBF 1525.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia

Glenrosa Post Office was opened 1 January 1912, D. Hitchner postmaster; closed 31 October 1933.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia

Named by brothers Curtis and Louis David Hitchner, involved with real estate, logging and a sawmill, who came from Kansas, c1907. They first named their subdivision Glencoe, but as the PO authorities objected, since the name was already in use elsewhere, they changed it to Glenrosa. (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia

 

Last updated: 2023-09-27