Hall Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. W side Salmo River, S of Nelson, Kamloops Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Hall

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Hall

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

Name Description
Hall Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Hall

References to Hall that document the origin of its place name

"Hall (station), not Hall's" adopted 2 March 1948 on 82F/6 as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Hall (locality) 16 December 1975 on 82F/6.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Hall Post Office was opened 1 May 1898 on the Nelson & Fort Shepherd branch of the Great Northern Railway; closed 8 January 1904; re-opened 1 October 1914 at Lot 1241 on the GNR line; closed 31 March 1925. Had been labelled "Halls" on BC Mines map of East & West Kootenay Districts, 1898, and on Geological Survey of Canada map West Kootenay, 1908, and on BC maps 4B, 1912 and 1EM, 1915.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Regional District of Central Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27