Simoom Sound Regional District of Mount Waddington, British Columbia

Post Office - A Canada Post designation; the post office name may or may not be the same as the name of the place where it is located. In Echo Bay (locality) on W side of Gilford Island, E of Broughton Island, Range 1 Coast Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Simoom Sound

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Simoom Sound

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

Name Description
Simoom Sound Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Simoom Sound

References to Simoom Sound that document the origin of its place name

Simoom Sound (Post Office) adopted 6 April 1950 on 92/NW, as labelled on BC map 2C. Name rescinded 31 March 1983. Re-instated as Simoom Sound (Post Office) 4 October 2001 on 92L/16.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Simoom Sound Post Office was opened 1 August 1912, located at SE 1/4 Lot 761 on the Wishart Peninsula facing Simoom Sound (50º50'10" - 126º30'05" as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1919). Some time before 28 June 1943 the post office was moved to the west side of Gilford Island (likely at the seaplane base 50º45'35" - 126º29'10" outside Echo Bay). Some time before February 1967 the post office was moved less than 1 mile south into the settlement at Echo Bay. January 1983 decision by Canada Post to close the post office was evidently reversed, and the Simoom Sound Post Office - located in the settlement of Echo Bay - remains open.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Regional District of Mount Waddington

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01