| 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. |
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Not official
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| Relative Location: | E side West Kettle River, E of Penticton, Similkameen Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°25'59"N, 119°05'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Beaverton Post Office was opened 1 November 1900, located in the townsite of Beaverton, adjacent to Beaver Creek. The Beaverton townsite was abandoned soon afterwards, in favour of the nearby Rendell townsite. The 1901 amalgamation of these rival townsites resulted in the combined form, Beaverdell. The post office was called Beaverton for another 4 years, until renamed Beaverdell Post Office 1 May 1905. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"The day was spent visiting claims on this mountain, and Beaverton, as it was then called, was reached at 9:30pm. This townsite, which is laid out on Beaver creek about a mile and a half from the mouth, and Rendell, another townsite at the mouth of the creek, have since been amalgamated under the name of Beaverdell." (Report of the Provincial Mineralogist 13 July 1901, published in the Annual Report to the Minister of Mines 1901, p.1141) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |