Wasa 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. E side Kootenay River, N of Fort Steele, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Wasa

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Wasa

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

Name Description
Wasa Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Wasa

References to Wasa that document the origin of its place name

Wasa (Station) adopted 12 December 1939 on 82 SE, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915 et seq. Confirmed 6 January 1949 on Columbia River Basin manuscript # 57. Identified as Wasa (Post Office & Railway Point) in the 1977 supplement to the Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Wasa (community) 30 April 1982 on 82 G/13.

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Wasa Post Office was opened 1 April 1902; closed 16 April 1934, since re-opened.

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Named by Nils Hansen after Vasa, a coastal community in his native Finland. See also Wasa Lake (lake)

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Regional District of East Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-21