| Feature Type: | Abandoned Locality - A previously populated place with no current population. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | At S end of Trout Lake, E of Upper Arrow Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°30'29"N, 117°16'40"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Gerrard (Post Office) adopted 31 January 1956 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 68, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Form of name changed to Gerrard (Settlement) 9 June 1960 on 82K. Form of name changed to Gerrard (Abandoned Locality) 18 October 1979 on 82K/11, as recommended by Planning Department, Central Kootenay Regional District (file L.3.59). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Identified as "Selkirk" on map "Index to Townships in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta & British Columbia" to accompany the annual report of the Topographical Survey Branch, 1907-08. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Gerrard Post Office opened 1 November 1906, named after George Bentley Gerrard; this was the terminus of the CPR line running north from Lardeau, abandoned sometime before 1946. Post Office closed 5 January 1957. At the time of closing the Post Office was beyond the boundary of Lot 189, on the CPR right-of-way. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |