Oyama 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. On C.P.R. and C.N.R., N end of Wood Lake, S of Vernon, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Oyama

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Oyama

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

Name Description
Oyama Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Oyama

References to Oyama that document the origin of its place name

Oyama Post Office adopted 7 February 1951, as labelled on BC Map 1EM, Kootenay, Osoyoos & Similkameen Mining Divisions, 1915. Status changed to Community 31 March 1983 on 82L/3.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.  |  Province of British Columbia

After Prince Iwao Oyama (1842-1916), Japanese Commander-in-Chief in Russo-Japanese War, 1904.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.  |  Province of British Columbia

Oyama Post Office opened May 1, 1906.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.  |  Province of British Columbia

Not an Indian name, but that of Prince Iwao Oyama (1842-1916), Japanese field marshal, captor of Port Arthur in the First Sino-Japanese War, and commander in Manchuria in the Russo-Japanese War. The Post Office at Oyama was opened in 1906.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "1001 British Columbia Place Names"; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973.  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of Central Okanagan

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27