Midway is in the West Kootenay region of south central British Columbia. The village lies 13 kilometres west of Greenwood and 51 kilometres east of Osoyoos along Highway 3. Around 1884, Louis Eholt obtained a preemption that as a popular stopping place for travellers became known geographically as Eholt's. In 1893, Capt. Robert C. Adams purchase…Midway is in the West Kootenay region of south central British Columbia. The village lies 13 kilometres west of Greenwood and 51 kilometres east of Osoyoos along Highway 3. Around 1884, Louis Eholt obtained a preemption that as a popular stopping place for travellers became known geographically as Eholt's. In 1893, Capt. Robert C. Adams purchased the property and created the townsite subdivision. The initial name was Boundary Creek or Boundary City, but this had changed to Midway by 1895. Adams never provided a rational reason for the new name. The generally accepted explanation is that the village lies approximately midway between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. A less plausible theory is that he named it after Midway Plaisance at the Chicago World Fair of 1893.
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