Comaplix
| Feature Type: | Former Locality - A once-populated place with no current population, or that is usually uninhabited |
| Status: | Not official |
| Relative Location: | NE side of Beaton Arm Upper Arrow Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°44'59"N, 117°46'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Comaplix Post Office was opened 15 December 1899; closed 15 July 1915. The name is a corruption of the Indian name for the nearby river, Incomappleux. "Nothing at this site now but cement piers." (September 1951 advice from Land Inspection Officer). Decision to delete name 4 October 1951 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 21 (file C.2.51) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |