| Feature Type: | Village (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a village municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of Yellowhead Pass, Mount Robson Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°49'45"N, 119°16'47"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/14 |
| Related Maps: |
83C 83D 83D/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Incorporated as a Village Municipality 13 December 1962. Valemount (Post Office & Station) adopted 22 February 1963 on 83D; form of name changed to Valemount (Village) 29 January 1965, to conform to incorporated status. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Cranberry Lake Post Office was opened here 1 August 1913; re-named Swift Creek Post Office 1 January 1918; re-named Valemount Post Office 1 November 1928 (or 10 January 1929?), to match the name of CNR's station. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"....name of the new station, built in 1927 at mile 74.5 of the Albreda Subdivision, is Valemount; this is a coined word, suggested by the fact that the station is located in a valley within the [Rocky] mountains." (2 November 1927 letter from CNR.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |