| 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: | S side of entrance to West Arm Kootenay Lake, NE of Nelson, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°37'03"N, 116°57'40"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Procter (village) adopted 21 October 1903 on Ottawa file OBF 0073, not "Proctor" as mis-spelled on earlier map. Form of name changed to Procter (Post Office) 4 September 1947 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 9. Form of name changed to Procter (Community) 31 March 1983 on 82F/10. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Thomas Gregg Procter of Nelson, manager of the Kootenay Valley Company, which was active in real estate speculation around the turn of the century. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Or.... after Mr. Procter, who made surveys in this area for CPR, and who afterwards was chief engineer, provincial department of railways? Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |