Welcome to Salvus ...

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Salvus, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1956.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Salvus 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 Salvus: 250, 236, 672 & 778<2>

Communities near Salvus ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Salvus.

Kwinitsa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kwinitsa came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kwinitsa
Exstew
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exstew came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exstew
Shames
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shames came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shames
Skeena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skeena came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeena
Amsbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amsbury came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsbury
Port Essington ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Essington
Haysport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haysport came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysport

Adding Salvus to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Salvus was on a map titled Road Map for British Columbia (from Shell Oil, 1956).

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Salvus.

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 Salvus and then turned west". While Salvus could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Salvus 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 Salvus 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 Salvus area will be assigned with one of these codes: 250, 236, 672 or 778. As a result, placing a call in the Salvus area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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.