Firvale
| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Junction of Burnt Bridge Creek and Bella Coola River, NE of Bella Coola (community), Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°25'59"N, 126°17'05"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93D/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Firvale (settlement) adopted 7 February 1947 on 93SW - a long-established name, labelled on BC Lands' map 2E, 1924, identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, etc. Location adjusted 3 miles westward 9 February 1962 on 93D/8. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Sloan Post Office was opened here 1 November 1907; renamed Firvale Post Office 19 July 1912; closed January 31, 1917 (at the time of closing the post office was situated on the E 1/2 of SW 1/4, Sec 28, Tp8, R3. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |