Alvaston
| 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: | WinfieldOfficial |
| Relative Location: | S end of Wood Lake, E side Okanagan Lake N of Kelowna, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°01'45"N, 119°24'09"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Alvaston Post Office opened 1 October 1909, located at the junction of CNR and CPP lines. So-named by postmaster A. Chatterton after a place in England. Alvaston Post Office closed 31 March 1919. Winfield Post Office opened here in 1948. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |