Perrys 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 Slocan River between Winlaw and Slocan, NW of Nelson, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Perrys

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Perrys

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

Name Description
Perrys Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Perrys

References to Perrys that document the origin of its place name

Perrys (Station) adopted 7 July 1955 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 64, located at 49° 40' 00" - 117° 30' 10" as identified in CPR timetables. Name rescinded in the 1973 Cumulative Supplement to the Gazetteer. Name reinstated as Perrys (Community) 23 February 1976 on 82F. Application altered 22 December 1986 on 82F/12, about 1 mile southwest to 49° 39' 30" - 117° 30' 40", the location formerly known as Perry Siding (settlement).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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This location identified as "Proctor Siding" on Geological Survey sheet 791, West Kootenay, by W.A. Brock, 1900; identified as "Perry" on Department on Interior Map of the Southern Railway Belt, 1911; identified as "Perry Siding" on BC Lands map 1EM, 1915.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Perry Siding Post Office was opened at Perrys (Station) 1 March 1907; closed 9 April 1949. (at the time of closing the post office was situtated on subdivision 12, Lot 383)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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(re-)named in association with Perry Ridge, in turn likely after Charles E. Perry, surveyor with CPR when the railway was built in 1897.

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