Sproats Landing
| 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
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| Relative Location: | Junction of Columbia and Kootenay Rivers, opposite Castlegar, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°20'03"N, 117°41'29"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Sproats Landing or Sproat's Landing was an early name for Robson... Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Gilbert Sproat, gold commissioner in the district. See Sproat Lake (near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |