Laurier Ferry County, Washington


Mapped Location

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

 

Information

General information on Laurier

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Laurier

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

Name Description
Laurier Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Laurier

References to Laurier that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

LAURIER, a town on the Columbia River, in the northeastern corner of Ferry County near the Canadian boundary. It was named by the Great Northern Railroad Company in 1902 for Sir Wilfred Laurier, Premier of Canada. (C. H. Didwell, in Names MSS., Letter 203.)

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Last updated: 2017-07-03