| 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: | NE end of Kootenay Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°09'59"N, 116°55'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Argenta (Post Office) adopted 3 July 1947 on Columbia River Basin manuscript 12, as a long-established name and as labelled on Geological Survey sheet 19A, 1911, and on BC map 4F, 1913, and as listed in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Identified as Argenta (Post Office & Steamer Landing) in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Argenta (community) 15 December 1982 on 82 K/2. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Argenta Post Office opened 1 September 1899 (location not identified); closed 1 August 1902; re-opened 1 December 1914 on Lot 20, subdivision of Lots 8390 & 8391. Named because of the mining activities in the area, "argent" being an old word for the metal silver. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |