Carr's Landing, officially Carrs,
is a neighbourhood and formal ward in
District Municipality of Lake Country, which is located in the
Okanagan
The Okanagan ( ), also called the Okanagan Valley and sometimes the Okanagan Country, is a region in the Canadian province of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canadian portion of the Okanagan River. It is part of ...
region of
British Columbia
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, Canada.
It is located by the
Okanagan Lake
Okanagan Lake () is a lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The lake is long, between wide, and has a surface area of 348 km2 (135 sq. mi.).
Hydrography
Okanagan Lake is called a fjord lake as it has been carved o ...
, east of
Grant Island
Grant Island () is an ice-covered island, long and wide, lying east of the smaller Shepard Island off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.
Like Shepard Island, Grant Island is surrounded by the Getz Ice Shelf on all but the north side.
...
, and north of the
Okanagan Centre
Okanagan Centre was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Okanagan North and Okanagan—Similkameen, an ...
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,
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
Lake Country is a district municipality with a population of approximately 15,000 in the Okanagan Valley region of British Columbia, Canada. It is a part of the Central Okanagan Regional District, and of the Kelowna metropolitan area. The city o ...
and it became one of the four wards within the municipality.
References
{{Central Okanagan
Neighbourhoods in Lake Country
Populated places on Okanagan Lake