Westbank Regional District of Central Okanagan, 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. In West Kelowna (municipality), W side of Okanagan Lake opposite Kelowna, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Westbank

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Westbank

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

Name Description
Westbank Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Westbank

References to Westbank that document the origin of its place name

Westbank (Town) adopted 6 October 1936 on Ottawa file OBF 1525. Form of name changed to Westbank (Post Office & Steamer Landing) in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Westbank (community) 15 March 1983 on 82E/13.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Westbank Post Office was opened 1 May 1902, N.S. Marshall postmaster.

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Name suggested c1902 by John Davidson, settler in 1892. (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing Gellatly, 49, 57; Ok. 6:155).

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

At the side of the Okanagan Highway, Parks Canada has installed a National Historic Site cairn "to mark the Okanagan Brigade Trail, a link in the fur-trading route from New Caledonia (north-central British Columbia) to the Columbia River."

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Regional District of Central Okanagan

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27