| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | BeatonOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Head of Beaton Arm Upper Arrow Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°43'59"N, 117°44'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Beaton (Post Office & settlement), not Evansport nor Thompson's Landing" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Some confusion about spelling: 1901 Field Book 61/01 ph.69 identifies this place as Thomson's Landing. "After one of the first settlers here, J.W. Thompson." ( from the manuscript of E. Picard, reprinted in Nelson Daily News, 8 June 1931). James William Thomson was Notary Public here in 1901. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Originally Thomson's Landing after James William Thomson. When Thomson left in 1907, his partner, Malcolm Beaton, took over. 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 |