Anaconda
| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S of junction of Eholt and Boundary Creeks, W of Grand Forks, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°04'59"N, 118°41'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 October 1955 on 82E, as labelled on Geological Survey map 834, 1905, and on BC map 1EM, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Anaconda Post Office opened 1 November 1896, situated on Lot 7, NE 1/4 Sec 32, Tp 70; named after the Anaconda Smelter in Bute, Montana. Post Office closed 30 July 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |