Selkirk
| Feature Type: | Abandoned Locality - A previously populated place with no current population. |
| Status: |
Not official
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| Relative Location: | At S end of Trout Lake, E of Upper Arrow Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°30'29"N, 117°16'40"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Gerrard Post Office here. Identified as Selkirk (located at the terminus of the CPR rail line running north from Lardeau, and likely referring to a railway point) on map "Index to Townships in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta & British Columbia" to accompany the annual report of the Topographical Survey Branch, 1907-08. Presumably so-named by CPR because of its' location in the Selkirk Mountains. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |