Wynndel Regional District of Central 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 of Kootenay River, just N of Creston, Kootenay Land District

Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Wynndel

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Wynndel

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

Name Description
Wynndel Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Wynndel

References to Wynndel that document the origin of its place name

Wynndel (Post Office) adopted 9 September 1924 on Geological Survey sheet 2044, Creston (file C.1.24), as labelled on BC map "Kootenay Valley Lands" published 14 October 1908. Identified in 1909 BC Gazetteer as "Wynndel (station)...on the Crow's Nest Pass branch of CPR which is here joined by the Bedlington branch of the GNR." Note however that Duck Creek is identified as the station name in CPR timetables. BC map 1EM, 1915, labels "Wynndel (Wilkes)" and Duck Creek (station) about 1 mile north. Confirmed as Wynndel (Post Office) 3 July 1947 on Columbia River Basin manuscripts 3 & 4. Form of name changed to Wynndel (community) 15 March 1983 on 82F/2.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
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Wynndel Post Office was opened 1 September 1910, located within the CPR right-of-way across the road from Duck Creek Railway Station (see sketch by Postmaster). [Without specific evidence, it is presumed that residents first requested that their Post Office be named to match the railway station, in turn named in association with the adjacent watercourse; such request would have been turned down by the Post Office Department in Ottawa, due to duplication elsewhere in Canada.]

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After Wynndel, one of the oldest and most successful fruit ranchers of the neighbourhood. Note that local residents discount this origin. One local theory holds that a NWMP officer named Wynn was with Samuel Steele at Wildhorse Creek c1885, and later served with distinction in the Boer War, 1900.

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

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27