Welcome to Port Kells ...

Although we found mention of Port Kells during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> We believe that Port Kells 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 Port Kells to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Port Kells, please Contact Us.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Port Kells: Named after Henry and Mary Anne Kells, early settlers in this area.

A typical abbreviation for Port Kells: Prt. Kells

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Port Kells 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).

Communities near Port Kells ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Kells.

Vancouver
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vancouver <2>
Surrey
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surrey
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Surrey <2>
Burnaby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnaby
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burnaby <2>
Richmond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richmond came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <2>
Abbotsford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotsford
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Abbotsford <2>
Coquitlam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coquitlam came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coquitlam
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coquitlam <2>
Delta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delta came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <2>
Maple Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple Ridge <2>
New Westminster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Westminster
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Westminster <2>
Port Coquitlam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Coquitlam
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Coquitlam <2>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Port Kells. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Kells.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Kells. See our Newspapers Page for Port Kells.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Kells ...

Looking for more information about Port Kells? 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 Port Kells, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Port Kells.

Adding Port Kells to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Port Kells was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Western Canada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Kells.

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 Port Kells and then turned west". While Port Kells could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Port Kells 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 Port Kells 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>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.