Blakeburn
| Feature Type: | Abandoned Locality - A previously populated place with no current population. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SW. of junction of Granite Creek and Tulameen River, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°28'54"N, 120°44'09"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Blakeburn (Post Office) adopted 6 October 1936 on 92H. Form of name changed to Blakeburn (locality) in the 1966 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Blakeburn (Abandoned Locality) 7 February 1992 on 92H/7. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |