Peter Barnhart was the person after whom Barnhartvale, British Columbia

Barnhartvale, British Columbia

Barnhartvale, originally Barnhart Vale, is located at the southeast end of Kamloops, south of Dallas in British Columbia, Canada. The area includes riding stables, farms, honey bee farms, and ranches. There is a local store called Happy Valley Foods, and a local elementary school, Robert L....

, Canada is named. Barnhart was the conductor on the first Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

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 (CPR) transcontinental

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 train in 1886.]], In 1905 Barnhart purchased property in what was then known as Campbell Creek and in 1906 opened a post office

Post office

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 there.

Initially naming his post office "Campbell Creek (South) Post Office", he changed the name to "Barnhart Vale Post Office" in 1909 because of confusions with "Campbell Creek Post Office" established by Lewis (Lew) Campbell

Lewis (Lew) Campbell

Lewis Campbell was a pioneer rancher in the Kamloops, area of western Canada. He and James Todd were the first settlers in what is now Barnhartvale, British Columbia....

at the Campbell Creek Ranch in 1905.

In 1978, the spelling was officially changed to "Barnhartvale".