Jura Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. NE of Princeton, Kamloops Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Jura

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Jura

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

Name Description
Jura Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Jura

References to Jura that document the origin of its place name

Jura (Post Office) adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 421A, Hope, as labelled on Department of Interior's map of Southern British Columbia Railway Belt, ed.5, 1924. Form of name changed to Jura (Station) in the 1966 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Jura (locality) 14 May 1982 on 92H/9.

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

Jura (Post Office) opened 16 July 1920; closed 5 October 1935; re-opened 1 April 1936; closed 31 October 1945.

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Presumably named in association with nearby Belfort (station) and the winding stretch of KVR line called Belfort Gap, in turn named after the French fortress. Belfort Gap is the name of the pass cutting through the Jura Mountains, separating France & Switzerland. See also Othello (station)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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"Othello, Lear, Jessica, Verona (now Aurum), Portia, Iago, Romeo and Juliet - stations on CPR's Kettle Valley Line between Hope and Brookmere - were named after Shakespeare's characters or locations by KVR president James John Warren (1870-1939), a Toronto corporations lawyer and director. This section of the KVR was completed in 1916. He probably named the stations Jura and Belfort also."

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 Okanagan-Similkameen

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Last updated: 2023-10-01