| Feature Type: | Railway Point - A named railway siding, junction, flag stop or timing point with or without an agent. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BNR, E side Fraser River opposite N end Annacis Island, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°11'44"N, 122°53'34"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Brownsville (farm settlement) adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, located "opposite New Westminster". From of name changed to Brownsville (Railway Station) 1 August 1957 on 92G/SE, located "...on Great Northern Railway opposite New Westminster". Coordinates improved 15 May 1981 on 92G/2, as confirmed by Municipality of Surrey, located on Burlington Northern Railway. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Brownsville GNR station closed sometime after 1957. Name re-introduced by Burlington Northern Railway as the name of their railway timing point. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled further south on 92G/2 ed.5, at 49 11 00 - 122 54 15 (no explanation provided). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |