| 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: | EdgewoodOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Between Eagle and Inonoaklin Creeks on W side of Lower Arrow Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°46'50"N, 118°08'35"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Killarney (Village) adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904, as labelled on Perry's 1893 Mining Map, and on BC Lands' 1897 & 1902 maps of the West Kootenay District, and as identified in 1901 BC Mines Report, p.1129. Name changed to Edgewood (Post Office & Steamer Landing) 3 November 1949 on Columbia River Basin manuscript # 16, as had been labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915 et seq, and as identified in 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Note that Topping's Index of British Columbia Post Offices indicates that Edgewood Post Office was opened 1 July 1902. [no listing for Killarney Post Office.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |