Beresford
| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of Campbell Creek, S of Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°34'59"N, 120°15'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Beresford (Settlement) adopted 4 June 1959 on 92I/9, as identified on 1927 Schools list. Subsequently changed to Beresford (locality). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Lord Charles William Beresford (1846-1919), one of the absentee English financiers who promoted agricultural settlement in this area. Also Beresford Lakes. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After a local settler. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |