| 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: | Ainsworth Hot SpringsOfficial |
| Relative Location: | W side of Kootenay Lake, S of Kaslo, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°43'59"N, 116°54'40"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Ainsworth (Village) adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924. Form of name changed to Ainsworth (Post Office) 7 October 1947 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 11, then to Ainsworth (Post Office & Steamer Landing) in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. Name changed to Ainsworth Hot Springs (Post Office) 10 October 1963 on 82 F/10; form changed to Ainsworth Hot Springs (community) 15 December 1982 on 82 F/10. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Ainsworth Post Office opened 1 December 1890; name changed to Ainsworth Hot Springs Post Office 11 January 1964. See Ainsworth Hot Springs (community) for origin information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |