| 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: | W. side of Openit Peninsula, SE. of Hesquiat Harbour, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°21'59"N, 126°15'50"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92E/8 |
| Related Maps: |
92E 92E/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Sydney Inlet (Post Office) adopted 3 July 1947. Name changed to Hot Springs Cove (Post Office) 6 February 1948 on 92 E/8. Rescinded 16 November 1977 on 92 E/8. Hot Springs Cove (locality) reinstated 20 July 1990 on 92 E/8, upon receiving advice from Superintendent of nearby Maquinna Provincial Park that there is a small year-round population here. (file C.1.33) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Sidney Inlet [sic] Post Office was opened 1 May 1915; closed 31 July 1927 (located on Lot 316, Stewardson Inlet). Re-opened 21 July 1936 (located on Lot 1372, Refuge Cove). Renamed Sydney Inlet Post Office 2 October 1947 . Renamed Hot Springs Cove Post Office 23 June 1948; post office was closed 24 April 1973. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |