Killiney Beach 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. NW side of Okanagan Lake at Norris Creek, SW of Vernon, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Killiney Beach

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Killiney Beach

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

Name Description
Killiney Beach Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Killiney Beach

References to Killiney Beach that document the origin of its place name

Killarney Beach (community) adopted 31 March 1982 on 82 L/4. Spelling corrected to Killiney Beach (community) 22 December 1986 on 82L/4.

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

Adjacent to the former Killiney steamer landing. "(At one time called Sprouls Landing) ....about 3 miles north of Shorts Point. Named after the Hill of Killiney, Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland (his native place) by Harry Percy Hodges, settler here in 1903; previously bookkeeper at Coldstream Ranch; married Arabel M. Ricardo, sister of W. C. Ricardo. Died at Victoria, 1922." (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, citing J. B. Weeks, N. H. Caesar, and Mrs. Hodges, Abbotsford.)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
included with note  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of Central Okanagan

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27