Krestova Regional District of Central Kootenay, 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. Just NW of junction of Slocan and Kootenay Rivers, NE of Castlegar, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Krestova

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Krestova

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

Name Description
Krestova Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Krestova

References to Krestova that document the origin of its place name

Adopted 5 March 1959 on 82F/SW as labelled on Land Use plan 2T64, June 1953.

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

From the Russian words Krest, meaning "Cross" and Ova, meaning "city", so this probably means "City of the Cross" but it is not known why the name was chosen for this particular community. (October 1959 advice from Archivist). See also Doukhobor Genealogy Website: http://www.doukhobor.org/settlements.html (January 2008)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions  |  Province of British Columbia

"When the Doukhobors, a Russian religious sect, settled here they named their community Krestova, meaning 'the place of the cross'."

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of Central Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27