| 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: | Junction of Columbia and Kootenay Rivers, opposite Castlegar, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°20'03"N, 117°41'29"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Robson (town) adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924. Robson (Post Office, Steamer Landing and Settlement) identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Robson (Post Office and Station) 6 December 1951 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 14. Form of name changed to Robson (community) 28 February 1983 on 82F/5. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Originally called Sproats Landing, after Gilbert Sproat, gold commissioner in the district. Robson Post Office was opened 1 August 1892, named after the Honourable John Robson, Premier of British Columbia 1889- 1892. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |