Wilmer 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. W side of Columbia River, just N of Invermere, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Wilmer

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Wilmer

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

Name Description
Wilmer Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Wilmer

References to Wilmer that document the origin of its place name

Wilmer (Post Office) adopted 4 November 1954 on Columbia River Manuscript 48, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915; identified as Wilmer (settlement) in the 1977 supplement to the Gazetteer; form of name changed to Wilmer (community) 30 April 1982 on 82 K/9.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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"Peterborough" Post Office opened here 1 May 1900; name changed to "Wilmer" Post Office 1 May 1902, possibly as required by Post Office Department, to avoid duplication with the much larger community of Peterborough, Ontario. A 1907 Marriage Licence was issued at Peterborough (BC Archives), but by WW I the community was well known as Wilmer. Wilmer PO closed 19 March 1969. At the time of closing, the Post Office was located on L18, Blk 26, DL 377.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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The highest temperature officially recorded in Canada was at Wilmer, BC: 115ยบ on 19.6.11 [information received in 1954 in this format - presumably this means 19 June 1911.]

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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After Wilmer Cleveland Wells (1840-1933) rancher and lumberman who founded the place in the late 1890's.

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Regional District of East Kootenay

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-10-21