Welcome to Cottonwood Flats ...

Although we found mention of Cottonwood Flats during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Cottonwood Flats was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Cottonwood Flats to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cottonwood Flats, please Contact Us.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cottonwood Flats, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1925.

A typical abbreviation for Cottonwood Flats: Cottonwood Flts.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Cottonwood Flats might be (or was) located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).

We believe that Cottonwood Flats would be found within the (250) & (778)<2> area codes.

Communities near Cottonwood Flats ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Cottonwood Flats.

Avola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avola came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avola
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avola <4>
McMurphy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McMurphy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMurphy
Blue River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue River <4>
Vavenby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vavenby
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vavenby <4>
Thunder River
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thunder River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thunder River
Birch Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Island

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cottonwood Flats ...

Looking for more information about Cottonwood Flats? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cottonwood Flats, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cottonwood Flats.

Adding Cottonwood Flats to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Cottonwood Flats was on a map titled Map of British Columbia (from Gulf Refining, 1925).

We also found Cottonwood Flats mentioned on a train schedule titled Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cottonwood Flats.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Cottonwood Flats and then turned east". While Cottonwood Flats could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Cottonwood Flats as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Cottonwood Flats could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>	Area code (778) is an overlay for area code (250).
<3>	If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.