| 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: | E side of Okanagan Lake, SW of Vernon, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°13'59"N, 119°21'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Okanagan Landing (Post Office, steamer landing, settlement) was adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1916. Form of name changed to Okanagan Landing (Post Office) 7 February 1951 on 82L/SW. Form of name changed to Okanagan Landing (Community) 28 February 1983 on 82L/3. See Okanagan Lake for name origin information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Okanagon Landing Post Office was opened 1 October 1898; Mrs. M. Grant, postmistress. Spelling changed to Okanagan Landing Post Office in 1905. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"...terminus of Shuswap and Okanagan Railway from Sicamous completed in 1892 (leased to CPR)." (12th Report of Okanagan Historical Society, 1948) Source: included with note |