Carrs
| 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: | E side of Okanagan Lake, N of Okanagan Centre, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°06'53"N, 119°27'47"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Carrs (Landing) adopted 7 February 1951 on 82L/SW as a well-established local name, even though CPR lake service had long since been cancelled. Form of name changed to Carrs (Community) 29 November 1984. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Sunnywold Post Office was opened in this location 1 June 1909, Peter Sinclair postmaster. Post Office closed 14 July 1939. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Andrew Carr, settler, c1895; died c1910. (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing N. H. Caesar; J. B. Weeks). Source: included with note |