| 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: | SW of Matsqui Island, in Abbotsford, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°06'59"N, 122°23'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Lehman (Post Office & Station) adopted 12 December 1939 on 92SE, as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Form of name changed to Mount Lehman (Post Office) 20 October 1981 on 92G/1. Form of name changed to Mount Lehman (community) 28 February 1983 on 92G/1. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mount Lehman Post Office was opened 1 May 1884. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Isaac Lehman who pre-empted land around here in 1875. Later he moved to the Cariboo, subsequently was a blacksmith in New Westminster, and ended up as an undertaker in Ashcroft. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |