| Language of origin | English language |
| 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: | In West Kelowna (municipality), W side of Okanagan Lake opposite Kelowna, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°49'59"N, 119°38'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Westbank (Town) adopted 6 October 1936 on Ottawa file OBF 1525. Form of name changed to Westbank (Post Office & Steamer Landing) in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Westbank (community) 15 March 1983 on 82E/13. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Westbank Post Office was opened 1 May 1902, N.S. Marshall postmaster. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Name suggested c1902 by John Davidson, settler in 1892. (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing Gellatly, 49, 57; Ok. 6:155). Source: included with note |
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At the side of the Okanagan Highway, Parks Canada has installed a National Historic Site cairn "to mark the Okanagan Brigade Trail, a link in the fur-trading route from New Caledonia (north-central British Columbia) to the Columbia River." Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |