Taghum 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. N side of West Arm Kootenay Lake, just W of Nelson, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Taghum

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Taghum

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

Name Description
Taghum Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Taghum

References to Taghum that document the origin of its place name

Taghum (Post Office) adopted 2 March 1948; identified as Taghum (railway point) in the 1977 Cumulative Supplement to the Gazetteer; form of name changed to Taghum (community) 29 November 1984.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Williams Siding Post Office was opened here 1 February 1906, renamed Taghum Post Office 1 May 1924.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Taghum is Chinook jargon for "six" (Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon; Hibben & Co, Victoria; 1931).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Founded by prospector M. Monaghan who arrived from Minnesota in 1888. At an early date took up 160 acres of land here, where CPR eventually built a siding. (Nelson Daily News, 25 December 1932). "In 1905, [John Bell] and A.G. Lambert became partners, an association that lasted six years, building and operating a mill at Lebahdo. After a couple of years they moved the location to Taghum." (John Bell's obituary, Nelson Daily News, 5 December 1932). "A.G. Lambert ... said that although only a few men were at present working at his mill at Taghum, a boiler was being constructed ..." (Nelson Daily News 31 March 1909).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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In Chinook jargon, taghum signifies "six". It is about six miles from Nelson Wharf.

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

 

Regional District of Central Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27