Simoom Sound is a post office located at
Echo Bay, British Columbia
Echo Bay is an unincorporated settlement located on the west side of Gilford Island
Gilford Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, between Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet. It has an area of . Turnour Island is to its south, acr ...
,
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
, on
Gilford Island
Gilford Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, between Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet. It has an area of . Turnour Island is to its south, across Tribune Channel; and the entrance to Thompson Sound is to its east.
Port Elizabet ...
in the
Central Coast region adjacent to the
body of water of the same name, which was named for
HMS ''Simoom''. The name formerly applied to a location on the nearby
Wishart Peninsula The Wishart Peninsula is a peninsula on the Coast of British Columbia, located east of Broughton Island to the south of Wakeman Sound.
Name origin
The peninsula and Wishart Island (British Columbia) in the Deserters Group are named for a James Wi ...
as a steamer landing but was moved to Echo Bay when the former location became depopulated.
History of the name and its location
Simoom Sound Post Office was opened 1 August 1912, located at SE 1/4 Lot 761 on the Wishart Peninsula facing Simoom Sound (50º50'10" - 126º30'05" as labelled on BC map 1EM, 1919). Some time before 28 June 1943 the post office was moved to the west side of Gilford Island (likely at the seaplane base 50º45'35" - 126º29'10" outside Echo Bay). Some time before February 1967 the post office was moved less than 1 mile south into the settlement at Echo Bay. January 1983 decision by Canada Post to close the post office was evidently reversed, and the Simoom Sound Post Office - located in the settlement of Echo Bay - remains open.[
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See also
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Echo Bay Marine Provincial Park
References
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Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
Central Coast of British Columbia
Sounds of British Columbia