Princeton Crossing
| Feature Type: | Former Post Office - Post Office now closed or renamed. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Mazama, Osprey LakeOfficial |
| Relative Location: | E of Osprey Lake, between Princeton and Summerland, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°42'59"N, 120°11'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Princeton Crossing Post Office was opened 1 July 1914, situated on L2103, Florence Chapman postmistress; so-named because this was the first crossing of Trout Creek by the old trail from Princeton to Okanagan Lake. Re-named Mazama Post Office 1 February 1917, still located at L2103, Florence Chapman still postmistress. Post office moved to L4171 and re-named Osprey Lake Post Office 3 April 1950. (Osprey Lake railway station was relocated from L4375 to L4171 at about the same time) Osprey Lake Post Office closed 31 October 1951; Osprey Lake station closed soon after. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |