| Feature Type: | Village (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a village municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of Similkameen River, SW of Penticton, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°12'16"N, 119°49'46"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Keremeos (Town) adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 420A, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Form of name changed to Keremoes (Post Office & Station) 7 October 1954 on 82E/SW. Incorporated as a Village Municipality 30 October 1956. Subsequently confirmed as Keremoes (Village) (date not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Hudson's Bay Company trading post established here in 1860, after Fort Okanogan (in American territory) was closed, and staff & stock were transferred here. Keremeos HBC post closed in 1872. Keremeos Post Office was opened 1 August 1887, Thomas Daly postmaster. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Name of an [Indigenous] tribe in the southern interior. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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An [Indigenous] word meaning "wind channel in the mountains". This is the only [Indigenous] place name in the Interior that contains the letter " R ". Another meaning given for the name is "beautiful stream crossing the flats." (BC Historical Quarterly, Vol 2, p 77.) Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |