Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
At junction of Beaver and Archibald Creeks, W of Salmo, Kootenay Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
49°10'59"N, 117°24'03"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
82F/3 |
Origin Notes and History:
Meadows (station) adopted 3 November 1932, as labelled on Mineral Reference Map 4, 1929. Form of name changed to Meadows (locality) 16 December 1975 (Ottawa file 110-12, Volume 3).
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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"Archibald" was the name of the 3-car siding here, according to Great Northern Railway's timetable #81, 1 February 1956; since taken over by Burlington Northern Railway, and no longer used.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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