Birchbank
| Feature Type: | Railway Point - A named railway siding, junction, flag stop or timing point with or without an agent. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On CPR, N of Trail, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°10'34"N, 117°43'14"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Birchbank (Railway Point) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer; confirmed 2 June 1950 and 20 January 1989 on 82 F/4. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Birchfield (station) labelled on BC map 4A, 1912. Birchbank Post office opened 1 May 1912; Birchbank (settlement) labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915, and on BC map 4A, 1926. Post Office closed 30 June 1929, situated on SL 17, Lot 4598. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |