Welcome to Wanklyn ...
Although we found mention of Wanklyn during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Wanklyn 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 Wanklyn to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wanklyn, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Wanklyn might be (or was) located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: MST- Heure Normale des Rocheuses (HNR), MDT- Heure Avancée des Rocheuses (HAR).
Note: If you leave Wanklyn and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).
Area Codes for Wanklyn: 250, 236, 257, 672 & 778<2>
Communities near Wanklyn ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wanklyn.
- Cranbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kimberley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Steele
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fisherville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swansea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea
- Ta Ta Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wasa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bull River
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Meachen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meachen
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wanklyn ...
Looking for more information about Wanklyn? 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 Wanklyn, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wanklyn.
Adding Wanklyn 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 (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Wanklyn was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Western Canada.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Wanklyn.
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 Wanklyn and then turned west". While Wanklyn could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Wanklyn 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wanklyn 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, 257, 672 or 778. New phone numbers in the Wanklyn area will be assigned with one of these codes: 250, 236, 257, 672 or 778. As a result, placing a call in the Wanklyn 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. |