Ootishenia
| 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: | Not official |
| Other Names: | OotischeniaOfficial |
| Relative Location: | E side of Columbia River, just SE of Castlegar airport, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°17'13"N, 117°37'22"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/5 |
|
|
Origin Notes and History:
|
Ootishenia (settlement) adopted 6 December 1951 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 14. Spelling changed to Ootischenia (community) 5 March 1959 on 82F/SW. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |