WESTWOLD

                        Westwold's population: 369

Westwold is a small, unincorporated and rural community, located along Highway #97 in the North Okanagan Valley.

The first explorers of this community came here around 1864, during the fur trade at the time the town was called Grande Prairie, after a large prairie the town sits on. During the same time, a camp was set up along the Hudson Bay Company Trail that connected Fort Kamloops with Fort Okanagan near Brewster in Washington State.

Westwold, which was renamed from Grand Prairie to Adelphi in 1900 after a hotel was built on the site in 1895. However the name didn't catch on, due to residents liking the old name, and Adelphi was finally dropped in 1926. However, a city in Alberta with the name Grande Prairie had already been established and post office officials would not allow another Grande Prairie name to be used. So in 1926, a resident suggested Westwold” instead. The word “wold” is an old English term for a high, open plain. The plain's location was located west of the railway station.

Agriculture and logging are the main economies.

Westwold's business center is mostly scattered along the highway. The businesses here include a store, restaurant, elementary school, community hall and a community church.