Winfield 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. S end of Wood Lake, E side Okanagan Lake N of Kelowna, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Winfield

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Winfield

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

Name Description
Winfield Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Winfield

References to Winfield that document the origin of its place name

"Winfield (not Alvaston)" identified as a flag station & farming settlement in the 1930 BCGazetteer. Form of name changed to Winfield (Post Office) 7 October 1947 on 82NW. Form of name changed to Winfield (Community) 15 March 1983 on 82L/3.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Alvaston Post Office opened here 1 October 1909, A. Chatterton postmaster; closed 1 April 1919. Winfield Post Office opened 23 January 1948, L. Clement postmaster.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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"Former name, Alvaston, given by A. Chatterton (first postmaster) after a place in England. Renamed after Winfield Lodge, home of Thomas Wood, JP, stockraiser, who pre-empted here in 1871." (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing F.M. Buckland)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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"First settler Thomas Wood, who arrived about 1860 and called his home Winfield Lodge. A stockman and JP, he gave his name to Woods [sic] Lake. He sold out to N.H. Caesar in 1902. Rural mail delivery was inaugurated here in 1909 and Wood's Lake School district in the same year." (An Historical Gazetteer of Okanagan-Similkameen, Okanagan Historical Society, 1958, p.157-158)

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