Taft
Taft is a settlement in British Columbia in the Kamloops Division Yale Land District and Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, near Eagle Pass. It was named by the Canadian Pacific Railway after the manager of the Heed Lumber Company which operated a logging railway at that location.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Taft, British Columbia”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Craigellachie.
Craigellachie
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Craigellachie is a locality in British Columbia, located several kilometres to the west of the Eagle Pass summit between Sicamous and Revelstoke. Craigellachie is the site of a tourist stop on the Trans-Canada Highway between Salmon Arm and Revelstoke. Craigellachie is situated 6 km southwest of Taft.
Taft
- Categories: human settlement and railway junction
- Location: Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
50.99542° or 50° 59′ 44″ northLongitude
-118.64676° or 118° 38′ 48″ westElevation
910 metres (2,986 feet)Open location code
9523X9W3+57OpenStreetMap ID
node 51970047OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Taft” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Taft, British Columbia”
- French: “Taft”
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