| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | At junction of Fish Hatchery Creek & Pitt River, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°35'59"N, 122°38'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Alvin (Post Office)....north end of Pitt Lake" identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer; name confirmed 12 December 1939 on 92/SE. Altered application 4 June 1959 to current location about 4 miles above head of Pitt Lake. Form of name changed to Alvin (locality) 15 December 1982 on 92 G/10. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Alvin Post Office opened 1 October 1915 on L3174, G.S. Ward first postmaster; closed 31 March 1955; re-opened 8 December 1955 located 4 miles upriver on L2573. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Alvin Thomas Patterson, logging contractor & farmer who settled here c1901. Born 4 July 1865 at Parrsboro, NS; died 20 July 1942 at New Westminster. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |