Nahun Regional District of Central Okanagan, British Columbia

Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. NW side Okanagan Lake, opposite Oyama, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Nahun

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Nahun

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

Name Description
Nahun Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Nahun

References to Nahun that document the origin of its place name

Nahun (steamer landing) adopted 7 February 1951 on 82L/SW. Form of name changed to Nahun (locality) 29 November 1984.

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Nahun Post Office was opened 1 August 1905, H. Kennard postmaster; closed 15 July 1917; reopened 1 August 1919; closed 31 July 1924.

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Named by first postmaster, after Nahun Wenox, "child of the rock," of an Indian legend that the little rock island on the opposite side of the lake was once part of the big rock just north of Nahun wharf. Former name, The Golden Gate, so-called because packers on the HBC brigade trail used to put a barricade here and camp behind it so their horses could not stray, owing to the rocky formation. (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing J. B. Weeks).

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Regional District of Central Okanagan

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27