Ootischenia 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. E side of Columbia River, just SE of Castlegar airport, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Ootischenia

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Ootischenia

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

Name Description
Ootischenia Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Ootischenia

References to Ootischenia that document the origin of its place name

Ootishenia (settlement) adopted 6 December 1951 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 14. Spelling changed to Ootischenia (settlement) 5 March 1959 on 82F/SW, as identified in 1945 Dept. of Education records and in 1955 RCMP Gazetteer. Subsequently changed to Ootischenia (community). See Doukhobor Genealogy Website: http://www.doukhobor.org/settlements.html

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

Spelled "Oteshenie" by Land Settlement Board and on Land Use plan 4T61 (dates not cited); spelled "Ooteshenie" in Report of Doukhobor Research Ctte, 1952, Harry Hawthorne, editor (copy at UBC); spelled "Ootshenie" in other early geographical sources (dates/titles not cited). See also Doukhobor Genealogy Website: http://www.doukhobor.org/settlements.html (January 2008)

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

 

Regional District of Central Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27