| Feature Type: | Village (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a village municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side Slocan Lake, S of New Denver, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°57'09"N, 117°21'26"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Silverton (Town) adopted 6 April 1926 on Geological Survey sheet 200A, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Incorporated as a Village Municipality 6 May 1930. Silverton (Village) confirmed 6 October 1955 on 82 SW. Boundary amendment effective 4 November 1993; confirmed 13 July 1994 on 82 F/14. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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When surveyed in 1893 the townsite was called Four-Mile City, so-named in association with Four-Mile Creek which flows through it. Silverton Post Office was opened 1 June 1894, so-called after the silver mines in the area (Imperial Oil Review, April 1948). Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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After Silverton, Colorado. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |