Wardner Regional District of East 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. NW end Lake Koocanusa, SE of Cranbrook, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Wardner

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Wardner

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

Name Description
Wardner Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Wardner

References to Wardner that document the origin of its place name

Wardner (village) adopted on the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Reapproved 12 December 1939 on 82/SE and 7 December 1950 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 53. Form of name changed to Wardner (Post Office and Station) 11 February 1963 on 82G/SW. Form of name changed to Wardner (community) 6 April 1981 on 82G/6.

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

Named after James Wardner, prospector and mining man from Bellingham.

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

After James F. ("Jim") Wardner who founded the town in 1895. Wardner established a number of townsites both in Canada and the United States - Wardner, Idaho among them.

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 East Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-21