Pitt Meadows
| Feature Type: | City - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a city municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NE side of junction of Pitt and Fraser Rivers, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°13'13"N, 122°41'24"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Incorporated 1 April 1914, called The Corporation of the District of Pitt Meadows. "Pitt Meadows (Municipal District)" adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924; name confirmed 11 February 1936 on 92G/2. Re-incorporated as a City municipality per Order in Council 856, 1 December 2006, effective 1 January 2007. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |