Welcome to O'Keefe ...
Although we found mention of O'Keefe during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> We believe that O'Keefe had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..
We've added O'Keefe to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with O'Keefe, please Contact Us.
The origin (or the toponymy) of O'Keefe: Named after Cornelius O'Keefe, the first Postmaster.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that O'Keefe 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).
Area Codes for O'Keefe: 250, 236, 672 & 778<2>
Communities near O'Keefe ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near O'Keefe.
- Vernon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coldstream
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coldstream came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldstream
- Armstrong
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enderby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lumby
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lumby came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumby
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lumby <3>
- Salmon River 1
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salmon River 1 came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon River 1
- Okanagan Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Okanagan Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okanagan Landing
- Lavington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lavington came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavington
- Falkland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falkland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falkland
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falkland <3>
- Grindrod
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grindrod came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grindrod
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for O'Keefe ...
Looking for more information about O'Keefe? 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 O'Keefe, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for O'Keefe.
Adding O'Keefe to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned O'Keefe was mentioned on a train schedule titled Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960).
We also found O'Keefe in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Western Canada.
For more details, see References and Mentions for O'Keefe.
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 south past O'Keefe and then turned east". While O'Keefe could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added O'Keefe 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 O'Keefe 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> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 250 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 236, 672 or 778. New phone numbers in the O'Keefe area will be assigned with one of these codes: 250, 236, 672 or 778. As a result, placing a call in the O'Keefe area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |