| 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: | PerrysOfficial |
| Relative Location: | E side of Slocan River between Winlaw and Slocan, NW of Nelson, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°39'43"N, 117°30'30"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Perry Siding (Post Office and flag station) adopted in the 1909 BC Gazetteer, located 8 miles south of Slocan City [sic]. "Perry Siding" labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915. Form of name changed to Perry Siding (Settlement), not Perry Village (Settlement) 19 January 1956 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 63, located at 49° 39' 30" - 117° 30' 40", about 1 mile southeast of Perrys (Station). Name changed to Perrys (Community) 22 December 1986 on 82 F/12. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Perry Siding Post Office was opened at Perrys (Station) 1 March 1907; closed 9 April 1949 (at the time of closing the post office was situtated on subdivision 12, Lot 383) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |