Carr's Landing

Carr's Landing, officially Carrs,[1] is a neighbourhood and formal ward in District Municipality of Lake Country, which is located in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada.

Carr's Landing
Carrs
Neighbourhood
Overlooking Okanagan Lake by Carr's Landing in Late Winter
Overlooking Okanagan Lake by Carr's Landing in Late Winter
Coordinates: 50°06′54″N 119°27′47″W
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
Regional districtCentral Okanagan
DistrictLake Country
Time zoneUTC−08:00 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−07:00 (PDT)

It is located by the Okanagan Lake, east of Grant Island, and north of the Okanagan Centre ward.

History

The settlement was named for Andrew Carr, an early settler as of around 1895, who died in 1910. The community and former steamer landing was officially designated only in 1951 as Carr's Landing, based on long-standing use by area residents, even though CPR steamer service had long since ended. In November 1981 the name was officially shortened to Carrs,[1] yet the former name is still being used today.

In 1995, Carr's Landing and its three neighbouring settlements were amalgamated into the new municipality of Lake Country and it became one of the four wards within the municipality.

References
  1. "Carrs". apps.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.