Almond Gardens
| Feature Type: | 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. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just SW of Grand Forks, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°00'59"N, 118°30'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 December 1977 on 82E. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Sidney Russell Almond, one of the first four settlers in Grand Forks valley, 1884, and long-time Government Agent at Grand Forks. Also Almond Creek. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |