| 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: | E. of N. end of Christina Lake, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°11'59"N, 118°07'04"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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Paulson (station) adopted 6 October 1955 on 82/SW, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Form of name changed to Paulson (locality) 11 July 1979. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Bonanza Siding Post Office opened here 1 May 1902; Post Office name was changed to Paulson 1 July 1904. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"...this station was named after a man by that name who operated both a store and a hotel at that point many years ago. This information has been confirmed by a retired storekeeper who now resides at Grand Forks and who knew Mr. Paulson quite well." (23 April 1956 letter from J.C. Jones, general superintendent, CPR, file K.1.36.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The Paulson brothers, early storekeepers at Rossland, established a store here. 1919 Directory lists Thomas H. Paulson, hotelier, storekeeper and postmaster. Has since been abandoned, but the name is still used & recognized locally. Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |