Meadows
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: 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

"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