Tulameen Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, 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. S end of Otter Lake, NW of Princeton, Yale Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Tulameen

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Tulameen

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

Name Description
Tulameen Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Tulameen

References to Tulameen that document the origin of its place name

"Tulameen (Village), not Tulameen City" adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on Geological Survey sheet 45A, 1911. Form of name changed to Tulameen (Post Office) in 1966 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Tulameen (Station) 3 October 1969. Form of name changed to Tulameen (Community) 14 May 1982.

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

Tulameen Post Office opened 1 March 1907, named in association with Tulameen River; John H. Jackson, postmaster.

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

"Tulameen....originally called Otter Flat, according to G.M. Dawson in 1877." (Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa) [citation not located in Dawson's 1877 report to Geological Survey of Canada. Note that Tulameen (settlement) was established on Otter Flat, but there is no evidence in BC files that the settlement itself was ever called Otter Flat.]

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
included with note  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-01