Blind Bay
| 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: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SW end of Shuswap Lake, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°52'59"N, 119°23'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82L/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Blind Bay (Post Office) adopted 3 November 1932 on 82 L/NW, as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915 and as identified in 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Blind Bay (community) 15 December 1982 on 82 L/14. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Blind Bay Post Office opened 1 December 1914. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |