| 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: | N side of West Arm Kootenay Lake, just W of Nelson, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°28'59"N, 117°23'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Taghum (Post Office) adopted 2 March 1948; identified as Taghum (railway point) in the 1977 Cumulative Supplement to the Gazetteer; form of name changed to Taghum (community) 29 November 1984. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Williams Siding Post Office was opened here 1 February 1906, renamed Taghum Post Office 1 May 1924. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Taghum is Chinook jargon for "six" (Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon; Hibben & Co, Victoria; 1931). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Founded by prospector M. Monaghan who arrived from Minnesota in 1888. At an early date took up 160 acres of land here, where CPR eventually built a siding. (Nelson Daily News, 25 December 1932). "In 1905, [John Bell] and A.G. Lambert became partners, an association that lasted six years, building and operating a mill at Lebahdo. After a couple of years they moved the location to Taghum." (John Bell's obituary, Nelson Daily News, 5 December 1932). "A.G. Lambert ... said that although only a few men were at present working at his mill at Taghum, a boiler was being constructed ..." (Nelson Daily News 31 March 1909). Source: included with note |
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In Chinook jargon, taghum signifies "six". It is about six miles from Nelson Wharf. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg,TaghumT G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |