| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NE side of Campbell Lake, SE of Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°33'58"N, 120°04'01"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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Bestwick (Post Office) adopted 7 June 1927 on Kamloops sheet (Ottawa file OBF 1140), as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915, and on Dominion sectional sheet 111, Kamloops, 1916. Re-approved 2 March 1950 on 92 I. Form of name changed to Bestwick (Settlement) and coordinates shifted to school site 4 June 1959 on 92 I/9, following closure of the PO. Form of name later changed to Bestwick (community). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Bestwick Post Office opened 1 September 1911, named after Ralph Bestwick, postmaster. Previously the general area had been known as Campbell Meadows (not clear why that name was not given to the new post office). Post Office closed 28 February 1958. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |