Bull River
| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side Kootenay River at mouth of Bull River, E of Cranbrook, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°27'59"N, 115°27'03"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Bull River (Post Office & Station) adopted 12 December 1939 on 82/SE as labelled on BC map 4D, 1913, and on BC map 1EM, 1915, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Bull River (Station) 7 December 1950 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 53. Form of name further changed to Bull River (Locality) 29 November 1984 (Ottawa file 203-2). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Bull River Townsite" identified in Cranbrook Herald, 28 September 1911. Bull River Post Office was opened 15 September 1912; closed 31 May 1945. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |