Raspberry
| 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: | Just NW of junction of Kootenay and Columbia Rivers, opposite Castlegar, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°20'04"N, 117°39'29"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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Raspberry (settlement) adopted 5 March 1959 on 82F/SW, as labelled on on Land Use plan 4T61 (date not cited). Form of name subsequently changed to Raspberry (community). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The English translation of the original Russian name for this community, having been settled by the Russian Doukhobor's pre-WWI. See also Doukhobor Genealogy Website http://www.doukhobor.org/settlements.html (January 2008) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |