Regional District of Central Kootenay

Feature Type:Regional District - A division of the province incorporated as a regional district.
Status:
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: Between East Kootenay and Kootenay-Boundary Regional Districts
Latitude-Longitude: 49°55'00''N, 117°30'00''W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: NAD27
NTS Map: 82F/14
Related Maps:
82E/1 82E/10 82E/11 82E/12
82E/13 82E/15 82E/2 82E/3
82E/4 82E/5 82E/6 82E/7
82E/8 82F/14 82K/1 82K/10
82K/11 82K/12 82K/14 82K/15
82K/2 82K/3 82K/4 82K/5
82K/6 82K/7 82L/1 82L/8
82L/9 82N/3

Origin Notes and History:

Incorporated 30 November 1965 as Regional District of Central Kootenay; name confirmed 4 April 1974 on MCR 5, sheet 3. Link to the regional district's own internet site through http://www.civicnet.gov.bc.ca/

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office