Kinnaird Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia

Urban Community - A separately named area within the limits of an incorporated municipality In City of Castlegar, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Kinnaird

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Kinnaird

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

Name Description
Kinnaird Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Kinnaird

References to Kinnaird that document the origin of its place name

Kinnaird (Post office) adopted 6 December 1951 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 14. Form of name changed to Kinnaird (Town) 5 August 1967. Form of name changed to Kinnaird (Station) 20 August 1979. Rescinded and incorrectly identified in Ottawa files 20 July 1988 (without signature from BC) with notation "Cross-Reference: Castlegar". Kinnaird remains an entrenched name for the area southwest of the airport; reinstated as Kinnaird (Urban Community) 15 May 1995 on 82 F/5 at the request of City of Castlegar Planning Department (file T.1.47)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Kinnaird incorporated as a village municipality 6 August 1948. Amalgamated with Town of Castlegar on 1 January 1974, and together incorporated as City of Castlegar.

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