| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Near junction of Beaver Creek and Columbia River, just SE of Trail, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°03'59"N, 117°35'03"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Columbia Gardens (Post Office & Station), not Sayward" was adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915; confirmed 2 June 1950 on 82F/4. Form of name changed to Columbia Gardens (community) 3 January 1980 on 82F/4. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Columbia Gardens Post Office was opened 1 April 1908; closed 31 July 1950. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Columbia Gardens was so named because of a large orchard planted here, to show that smoke from the Trail smelter would not harm the trees." Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |