| 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: | SE of Creston, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°02'34"N, 116°27'50"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Camp Lister (Post Office) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer; confirmed 7 December 1937 on Geological Survey sheet 603A, Nelson, and 16 July 1948 on 82F/E. Name changed to Lister (Post Office) 7 December 1950 on 82F/E; confirmed 6 December 1951 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 61. Form of name changed to Lister (community) 29 November 1984. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Camp Lister Post Office was opened 1 August 1920, named after Colonel Lister, MP. Re-named Lister Post Office 2 January 1951. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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.....Colonel Fred Lister, administrator of the soldier settlement established here after World War I. He became MLA for the Nelson-Creston riding. 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 |