Elko
| 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: | W side of Elk River S of Fernie, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°17'59"N, 115°06'42"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Elko (Post Office) adopted 12 December 1939 on 82SE, as labelled on BC Lands' map 1EM, 1915. Re-approved 7 December 1950 on Columbia River Basin manuscript #52. Form of name changed to Elko (community) 31 December 1982 on 82 G/6. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Elko Post Office was opened 1 August 1899 (Mrs. Holbrook, post mistress), named after the Elk River on whose bank it stands, in turn named for the elk once abundant there. CPR's Elko Station was opened in 1905? Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |