| Feature Type: | Town - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a town municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Okanagan River, N of Osoyoos Lake, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°10'56"N, 119°33'02"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Oliver (town) adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 420A. Incorporated as a Village Municipality 31 December 1945. Re-incorporated as a Town Municipality 1 January 1991; Oliver (Town) confirmed 8 November 1991 on 82E/4. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Oliver Post Office was opened 1 May 1921. See also the municipality's own website. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after "Honest John" Oliver (1856 - 1927), premier of British Columbia when the province carried out the irrigation and land settlement scheme here 1919-1921. (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948). Source: included with note |